Jasper, Kenyatta Kwasi "Kwaz"

Graduate Of Brainerd High School

  • Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Kenyatta Kwasi “Kwaz” Jasper
Kenyatta Kwasi “Kwaz” Jasper

Kenyatta Kwasi “Kwaz” Jasper, 41, of Chattanooga, passed away in a car accident on Monday, May 3, 2021, in Acworth, Georgia.  

He was a 1998 graduate of Brainerd High School and continued at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 

He was preceded in death by his mother, Gwendolyn Battle; grandparents, Ardell and Henry Battle; aunts, Carolyn Cook and Barbara Summerrow; and uncle, Billy Summerrow, Sr. 

Survivors include his fiancée, Clarissa Garner; sons, Kenyatta Jasper II and Cameron Garner; father, Sadat Jasper; sister, Cummingus “Missy” Battle; nieces, DeKliah Kelly, DaMea Kelly, DaMya Kelly, and DaMari Kelly, all of Chattanooga; a host of other relatives and friends. 

Kenyatta will lie in state on Friday, May 14, from 12:30-5 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home. 

A family service will be on Saturday, May 15, at noon in the chapel with Minister Michael Malone as the eulogist. 

Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. 

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