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Livestream Link: https://vimeo.com/event/5216706 Marquel Rashad-Jerome Rose passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. He was born in Austin, Texas, on July 7, 1991, to Andrea Monique Rose. At age 6, Marquel accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Sweet Home Baptist Church. He attended public schools in Round Rock, Texas, where he played football in middle and high school. He was a member of the Stoney Point High School Choir. After high school, he attended Temple Jr. College in Temple, TX, where he studied music and theater. He continued his musical studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He also attended the Austin Graduate School of Theology, where he began his theological studies. On Sunday, June 23, 2013, he was licensed to preach the Gospel by Dr. Dante D. Wright I, Senior Pastor, Sweet Home - The Pinnacle of Praise, where he served as an associate minister. Marquel was an active member of GMWA (Texas) until he relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, in 2019 to serve as the Minister of Music at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Soon after moving to Oklahoma, he became an active member of GMWA in Oklahoma City, OK. In 2023, Marquel moved to Spartanburg, SC, to serve as the Minister of Music at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. While there, he became a member of the GMWA Upstate in Spartanburg, SC and he was active in discipling and mentoring the youth and young adults at Mt. Moriah. He was also on the initial planning team for the Young Adult Ministry. Marquel was preceded in death by his grandparents, Reuben Rose Sr. and Willie Faye Rose-Hurd; his cousin Andre Christopher Singleton; his great grandmother Mary Ellen Earl; his great aunt Mary Jo Earl Williams. He leaves to cherish and rejoice in his memories his daughter Ray’Ahna Marie-Ann Varnado-Rose of Austin, TX; his mother, Andrea Monique Rose of Austin, TX; his aunts, Valencia Renee Cavanaugh (George), Hutto, TX, and Delecia Yvette Rose, Pflugerville, TX; his uncle, Terry Rose (Debra), Austin TX; his cousins, Jasmine Nicole Singleton of State College, PA; Ashley Renee Cavanaugh and Maya Alise Cavanaugh, of Hutto, TX; his god-parents, Philip and Rosemary Burkes, Round Rock, TX; his god-sister, Shoná Burkes-Henderson (Larry) and his god-niece, Avery Henderson, Little Elm, TX; his god-children Odyssey and Odysseus Scott, Austin TX; his beloved cousins, Bernice Woods and Connie Brooks of Round Rock, TX; a host of other relatives and his village – The Crudup’s – Larry E. Crudup, Texarkana, AR; Helen “Mama” Crudup, Round Rock, TX; brothers Larry T. Crudup (Jacinta, Zoe, Zuri) Spartanburg, SC; Adrian Crudup, Austin, TX ; The Kearney’s – Carl and April Kearney, Austin, TX; brothers Carrington and Coleman Kearney, Sr. (Gabby, Coleman Jr.), Austin, TX; brothers Ramzi Owens and Ryan Owens, Austin TX; sister Octavia Taye Scott, Austin TX; honorary sister, Balena Bunch, Round Rock, TX; and his gospel music mentors Claudia D. Williams, Austin, TX; Chester D.T. Baldwin, Houston TX; Luke Mercer, Jr., Austin, TX, and James McCreary, Richmond, VA.

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Marquel Rashad-Jerome Rose

July 7, 1991 - June 11, 2025