Robert Jerome "Jerry" Cohen

Robert Jerome Cohen (Jerry) passed away on the night of March 9, 2025. He was 63 years old. He passed away peacefully in his sleep, in his bed, in his home on Sandy Ridge Drive in Twiggs County.

Jerry was born on September 20, 1961 in Hamilton, Ohio. His family moved to Covington, and later Oxford, Georgia where he grew up on Airport Road, a red dirt road outside of the Oxford city limits. He graduated from Newton County High School. He worked in several jobs during his life, including the Lithonia Lighting Distribution Center in Conyers, Georgia. He also worked for Home Team Sports in Macon and later worked as the manager of the Home Team Sports Augusta location; more recently he worked as an electrical assistant at Starr Electric until he was disabled from an injury that ended his working days.

Jerry was an honest man with a good heart. He loved listening to music and was particularly fond of the Rolling Stones. His music collection was impressive. He flirted with learning the guitar and even though he never mastered it, he enjoyed trying. He never married nor had any children. He is survived by a sister, Marsha Frances Cohen Carter and a brother, Sam Cohen, and his wife Alice. Other living family members include a nephew Dilmus Pippin Jr (Thumper); a great nephew, Dakoda Pippin; a niece, Paula Ann Pippen Oheir; a great niece, Tori Taylor; and a great great nephew, Brantley Holmes.

Preceding family deaths include his mother Pauline Edwards Cohen of Lexington, Georgia, and his father Otto Benjamin Cohen, from Ohio. He is also predeceased by a brother-in-law who he was very close to, Terry Leroy Bruce Carter, who passed away on March 3, 2025, just six days before Jerry passed. Jerry attended Terry’s church and had lunch with his family celebrating his sister Marsha's birthday before passing away later that night. That Sunday night he called his sister and his brother to say he saw a rainbow on the way home and it felt that it was Terry reaching out to us. Those were the last two conversations he had before passing away later that night. Jerry will be missed by his family and friends.

Jerry’s memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 26 at Gaither‘s Church at 2:00 PM, followed by the service for his brother-in-law Terry Carter, who was an active member and leader at Gaither’s Church. The church is located at 1375 Newton Factory Bridge Road, about an hour and a half north of Macon and about 20 minutes south of Covington.