Ishman Billy Jamison Obituary
Official Obituary of

Ishman Billy Jamison

October 20, 1940 - May 18, 2026

Ishman Billy Jamison Obituary

Ishman Billy Jamison was born on October 12, 1940 in Vance, South Carolina to Icem and Lela Mae Jamison.

 

Billy loved to worship the Lord and watch westerns. He was a proud and dedicated truck driver for over 48 years and an avid gardener during his retirement.


Billy was married to Helen Williams to who he called "Suga" for 64 wonderful years and to this day. He said it was love at first sight,


Proceeded in death by father, Icem; mother, Lela Mae Jamison and son, Billy Jamison, Jr.


Survived by wife, Helen W. Jamison; daughters, Judy M. Jamison, Angela (Kerry) Mickler and Asia McMahan; grandsons, Xavier, Devin, Jermaine, Tyron, Malachi, Jamison and Kerry Mickler; grand daughters, Marketha Holloway and Valencia Jamison; 18 great grand children; sister, Eatherine Ziegler; brothers, Willie Lee (Jackie) and Stover Lee Jamison; sister-in-law, Mildred Goodwin, and a glorious host of uncles, aunts, nephews and neices.

 

 

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Ishman Billy Jamison was born on October 12, 1940 in Vance, South Carolina to Icem and Lela Mae Jamison.

 

Billy loved to worship the Lord and watch westerns. He was a proud and dedicated truck driver for over 48 years and an avid gardener during his retirement.


Billy was married to Helen Williams to who h

Events

Receiving Friends

Saturday, May 30, 2026

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tabernacle Baptist Church

2137 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Knoxville, TN 37915

Funeral Service

Saturday, May 30, 2026

12:00 pm

Tabernacle Baptist Church

2137 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Knoxville, TN 37915

Interment

Saturday, May 30, 2026

2:00 pm

New Gray Cemetery