Mr. Rodney Cleophas Armstrong, age 53, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.

In his early life he attended Mt. Gilliam M.B. Church until he left for college.  During his later years he attended Eagle's Nest Church in Atlanta, GA.

He completed high school at White Station and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where he was an integral member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1989.  He went on to earn his MBA from the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business in 2007.

He was a brilliant award-winning Spectrum Communications Engineer for Cox Communications, had a Certification of PMP as a Project Manager and was a successful Real Estate investor.

He leaves to Cherish his memory the love of his life, his wife, Cherlyn (Cherie) Ann Esteves, his adored daughter, Renesha Johnson (Montavious) and his beloved grandson, Rylan Christian Lee Collins; Sister, Candice Armstrong of Memphis, TN, two children by marriage; Naadia Aron Thomas of Atlanta, GA and Nicholas Augustine Thomas of Portland, Oregon; Three special aunts, Syvilla Fields of Los Angeles, CA., Galia Dumas of Los Angeles CA, and Jo Evelyn Burford of Memphis, TN as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

His visitation will be Saturday, October 12th from 9 - 10:55 a.m. with funeral to begin at 11 at Mt. Gilliam Baptist Church, 979 Raymond Street, Memphis, TN 38114.  There will be an Omega Service starting at 10 a.m.

Interment will follow at Restland Memorial Garden Cemetery on Wilkinsville Road, Drummonds, TN.

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