Marcus Dwayne Temple

02/02/1982 - 06/10/2023

Obituary For Marcus Dwayne Temple

The funeral services for the late Mr. Marcus Dwayne Temple of Ashburn, Georgia, who departed this life on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in that city, will be held on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. from the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Ashburn, Georgia. The Reverend Stanley Brownlee will deliver the Eulogy. Burial will follow in the Westview Memorial Cemetery in Ashburn, Georgia. Services may be viewed Facebook Live from the “Shipps Funeral Home” Facebook page or by clicking the Video Stream link on this site's Home Page.

Marcus Dwayne Temple was born February 2, 1982, in Turner County, Ashburn, Georgia to the late Mr. Freddie Lee Temple, Jr. and Mrs. Jacqueline Hall McCoy.

Marcus was educated in Turner County Public Schools and Dade County Schools in Miami, Florida. He was employed at ADM Company in Ashburn, Georgia.

Marcus moved to Miami at an early age. He had a business mind and big dreams. His love for his children gave him the drive to push hard. His love for music and cooking was his heart’s desire. He was the owner of 5ity Boi Entertainment.

After moving back to Georgia, Marcus still worked on his dreams. He became the owner of Marclaney’s Lounge in Ashburn, Georgia. He was driven to be successful. He was a family man who loved his children and everyone whom he trusted.

The loved ones that preceded Marcus in death are his father, Freddie Lee Temple Jr; his grandfathers, Clark Shipman, Freddie Lee Temple Sr.; his grandmother, Retha L. Hall; his uncles, Donnell Temple, Harold D. Black, Delmar E. Black, and Robert A. Hall.

The loved ones that he leaves behind to cherish his memories are his loving and devoted mother, Jacqueline Hall McCoy; his bonus father, Raymond McCoy, Jr. of Ashburn, GA; his children, Marcus D. Temple Jr., Briana Temple, both of Cooper City, Florida, Kaniyah Brown of Augusta, Georgia, Amillia Temple, Damian Temple, both of Ashburn, GA; his grandmother, Essie Temple of Tifton, GA; his step grandmother; Alice Temple of Ashburn, GA; his sisters, Tequila McCoy, Tyhesha Pitts, both of Ashburn, GA, Toquetta Temple of Tifton, GA, Raquetta McCoy of Cordele, GA, Toni Major of Norfolk, VA; his brothers, Raymond McCoy, Eric McCoy, both of Ashburn, GA, Cornelius Martin of Cordele, GA; his uncles, James E. Hall, Russell, Hall, Rickey (Beverly) Temple, all of Ashburn, GA, John Black, Thelvis Black, both of Greensboro, NC, Reginald (Tashara) Temple of Atlanta, GA, Darryl Shipman of Albany, GA, Alonzo (Gloria) Stewart of Starke, FL , Terryon (Jacqueline) Jefferson of Dallas, TX; his aunts, Gloria Hall Hawkins of Miami, FL, Gloria Temple, Esther Uwaegbulam, Sheila Black, all of Ashburn, GA, Mary Stevens of Fitzgerald, GA, Debra Black of Englewood, NJ; A special great aunt, Hilda Hall; a special uncle, Willie McCoy; two dear friends, C.J. Burgess, Samantha Holmes; nine nieces, four nephews, one great niece, and a host of sorrowing friends and family will cherish his memories.