MR. MAURICE DEMARIO ACOFF – Age 36, of Canton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019. He was born on September 18, 1982 in Selma, Alabama.

Suvivors are his wife, Kimberly Robinson Acoff; one daughter, Michelle, two sons, Marcel and John Nathan of Canton, Georgia; parents, Thomasine Acoff Brown of Mobile, Alabama, Maurice (Ruthie) Wright, Sr. of Sardis, Alabama; in-laws, Eddy (Charlie Mae) Robinson of Sardis, AL.; sister, Lakeshia (Margaret) Acoff of Mobile, AL; grandmother, Mary Acoff; two steps sisters, Tomeka Jones of Marion, AL, Angela Wright of Sardis, AL; one brother, Maurice Wright, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas; one nephew, Justice Payne of Mobile, AL; two nieces, Kiara Jones of Tuscaloosa, AL and Adrianna Jones of Marion, AL; best friend and cousin, Joe (Tabbitha) Wright, III of Lawton, OK; two god children, Jazmine and JaMarcus Culpepper; eight aunts, Erma (Aldophus) Smith of Mobile, AL, Annvermell Braddy, Loretta Towns,Alice Smart of Selma, AL, Kardeeshae Stringer, San Diego, CA, Jacqueline Wright (Antioch, TN), Brenda Wright,(Antioch, TN), Latisha (Eugene) Rutledge of Clarksville, TN; two uncles, Joe Wright, Jr. of Huntsville, AL, and Jamaal Upshaw of Montgomery, AL; sister-in-law, Roslyn (Clyde) Hunter of Antioch, TN; two brothers-in-law, Edward (Chuntay) Robinson of Lavergne, TN, Kevin Robinson of Nashville, TN; two Godmothers, Alfreda Barnes of Montgomery, AL, Daphine (Darryl) Shannon of Selma, AL; Good Samaritan, Bernice (Willie) Austin of Selma, AL; a railroad mother, Brenda Mitchell Key of Selma, AL. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, James Acoff, Jr. of Selma, AL as well as paternal grandparents, Mr. Joe (Rachel) Wright, Sr. of Sardia, AL; a host of cousins, friends, and adults who were touched by their interaction enough to call him son. He departed this earthly life on June 4th, 2019 and now rests with his (our Father).

Funeral Service will be on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. at Mount Zion Baptist church, 289 Dunwoody Road, LaFayette, Georgia 30728, with Pastor Rheubin M. Taylor and other ministers officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. Interment, Naomi Cemetery. Please share your thoughts and memories of Maurice DeMario Acoff at www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.