Jacob " Jake " Scott Vedane

Jacob Scott Vedane, age 29, of McKinney, Texas passed away the evening of July 4 ^th , 2019 following a valiant battle against pneumonia. He went peacefully surrounded by his father, Scott Vedane; sister, Erica Vedane and her fiancé Pierce Prendergast; grandmother Carolyn Helton; grandfather, Chuck Vedane; close friend, Ryan Prendergast; and Pastor Tami Gallaway of Suncreek UMC.

Jake was born on March 13, 1990 in Mobile, Alabama. He lived in Huntsville, Alabama until 2001 when the family moved to Denver, for nearly two years before coming to Allen, TX in late 2002. Jake graduated from Allen High School, class of 2008. In high school he played varsity tennis, was the line-one singles player and received the team’s “Player of the Year” award his senior year. Following high school, he was recruited by Collin College and played on the team for two seasons. Tennis was one of Jake’s passions in life and following his college career he went on to serve as assistant tennis coach at John Paul II High School, coach as a tennis pro at many country clubs in North Texas, conduct private lessons and play individually in tournaments and various team leagues.

Jake had many talents. In addition to tennis, Jake played T-ball and select soccer as a child, enjoyed weight lifting, golf, sand volleyball and playing football with his buddies. Hailing from Alabama and following in his parents’ footsteps, he loved Alabama Crimson Tide football. In addition to his love for athletics, Jake was an artist. His favorite medium was drawing, and later took up painting in oil pastel and acrylic on canvas. Jake was a skilled speaker and writer. He wrote poetry, rap freestyles, and journaled regularly. Jake loved to dance and entertain people with his charm and wit. Like his mother, he was usually the life of the party. His vocation was in sales, and worked for companies with marketing strategies ranging from door-to-door, telemarketing, business-to-business, and consumer face-to-face. As a lifelong learner Jake devoted his free time to reading a variety of books, listening to podcasts, and attending all types of motivational and self-improvement programs like Tony Robbins and Landmark. Jake was known for having a caring heart, and endeared himself especially to children and pets. Although his life was cut so short, he touched countless people through all of his endeavors, and will be greatly missed by his family, friends and so many others.

He is survived by his father, Scott Vedane; sister, Erica Vedane; his maternal grandmother, Carolyn Helton and husband Granville; his paternal grandfather, Charles “Chuck” Vedane; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is preceded in death by his mother, Cherrie Benson Vedane; grandmother, Lucy Crawshaw Vedane; and grandfather, James “Cabbage” Benson.

A visitation will be held on Friday, July 12, 2019, 6:00 -  8:00 PM at Allen Family Funeral Options, 2112 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, Tx 75023

A funeral service will be held, Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 1:30 pm at SunCreek United Methodist Church, 1517 W. McDermott Dr. Allen, Texas 75013 with a reception to follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to Aids United on Jakes behalf at the link below.

www.aidsunited.org/About/Donate.aspx .