Recent Obituaries in St. Louis

Willie Claudie Hurst

Willie Claudie Hurst

Sep 17, 2009

Life Reflections Willie Claudie Hurst was the third child born to Claudie and Corine Hurst on November 23, 1930, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He attended school in Wrightsville, Georgia. He met and married Lottie Cason in 1946 and the family moved to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1957. To this union twelve children were born. He united with Kinloch Church of...

Rosie Pruitt

Rosie Pruitt

Sep 15, 2009

Life Reflections Rosie Pruitt was born January 2, 1904 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. She had two siblings who preceded her in death, Emma Evans McCoy and Buddy Evans. Rosie had a son Lawrence Curry and worked many years assisting the Pierce Family of Meridian. She net and married Otis Pruitt and became mother to three daughters and three sons....

Raymond Thompson

Raymond Thompson

Sep 12, 2009

Not Applicable. Disposition: Cremation Saint Louis Cremation .

Willie Tompkins Jr.

Willie Tompkins Jr.

Sep 8, 2009

Life Reflections Willie Tompkins, Jr. was born July 23, 1932 in Dundee, Mississippi to Willie Sr. and Mae Willie Tompkins, he was tbe 1st of 9 siblings, 3 brothers and 5 sisters. Preceded in death, his mother, father, sister (Mosette), brother, (W.T.), son (Marvin) daughter-in-law (Eliza) grandson (Douglas) brother-in-law (Billy William), and sister-in-law, Jesse. He attended Rising Sun School...

Ida M Bazile

Ida M Bazile

Sep 7, 2009

Not Applicable. Disposition: Donation Saint Louis University Hospital .

Alice Johnson

Alice Johnson

Aug 22, 2009

Alice Mae Johnson was born February 3, 1947 to Willie G. Wallace and Mary Adalaide Wallace in Saint Louis, Missouri. Two of her brothers, Willie G. Wallace Jr., and Ronald Brown, two children, Darnele and Jamelle Johnson, one grandson, Prince Hammonds, one nephew, Ronald, Jr. and niece, Kendra Brown all preceded her in death. .

Billy Phillip Reid

Billy Phillip Reid

Aug 22, 2009

Obituary BILLY PHILLIP REID was born July 27, 1940 in Griffin, Georgia to Lula Mae Reid and Emmett Reid, Sr. His family moved to Alcoa, Tennessee where Billy attended Charles M. Hall High School. At an early age, Billy accepted Jesus Christ and united with Bethel Baptist Church where he was baptized. Billy moved to Newark, New Jersey in...

Luella Laverne Jackson

Luella Laverne Jackson

Aug 1, 2009

Life Reflections Luella Laverne, the daughter and the oldest of three children born to Ida Clay, the granddaughter of James Lehmon and Martha Posey Boyd Brown, was born on March 13, 1918 in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana. As a child she grew up in Boonville and later moved to Evansville, Indiana. She attended Lincoln High School and graduated in...

James Darnell Smith Iii

James Darnell Smith Iii

Jul 31, 2009

Life Reflections James Smith III was born to James Smith II and Jeannetta Smith on February 14, 1962 in St. Louis, MO. James was baptized at an early age. He was educated in the Gary, Indiana School system where he became a Michael Jackson Fan. He then returned back to St. Louis, Missouri where he met Sharon Mitchell with...

Mary Louise Fortune

Mary Louise Fortune

Jul 27, 2009

Life Reflections Weezie... Mary Louise (Davis) Fortune was born on October 15, 1931 in Saint Louis, Missouir to WIllie Sr. and Corine Davis ,who both preceded in death along with siblings: Willie, Anthony, Juanita, and Doris. She leaves to mourn siblings: Lee Davis, Joy Kenney, and Carolyn Gaylor. Mary attended Elmwood Middle School and later graduated from Sumner High...

John Patrick Hayes

John Patrick Hayes

Jul 24, 2009

Life ReflectionsJohn Patrick Hayes was born in Shreveport Louisiana on March 10, 1965. He was the second child born to Arthur and Rosie Hayes. John confessed a belief in Christ at an early age, and was baptized in Louisiana. The family moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1969, where John grew up. John graduated from Maplewood-Richmond Heights Senior High...

Hattie Flye

Hattie Flye

Jul 24, 2009

Internment:        Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Saint Louis, Missouri .

Arvella Edwards

Arvella Edwards

Jul 22, 2009

Life Reflections Arvella Edith Smith Edwards Marshall preceded her in death November 12, Arvella Arise, Arise Sweet Mother of mine, you're going to be with the Lord, No more restless nights, No more pain in sight. You're going to be with the Lord, The doud with your name will have great fame, with nothing else to compare. The Lord...

Ruth James

Ruth James

Jul 21, 2009

Life Reflections Mother Ruth James, SHE RECEIVED HER EDUCATION IN ST. LOUIS, ATTENDING SIMMONS ELEMENTARY AND SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLS. MOTHER JAMES SHE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF CHRIST HOLINESS TEMPLE WHERE SHE WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR SHE WORKED IN A MILITARY UNIFORM FACTORY IN HER EARLY YEARS. SHE...

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Jul 14, 2009

Life Reflections Charles Williams, born on June 24, 1937, wsa the seventh child born to Ruth Williams and five other siblings, Clyde, Robert, Alfred, Annie and Willester preceded him in death. Charles attended the Saint Louis Public Schools and graduated from Vashon High School in 1955. Some time after graduation he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After serving two...

Gene Wilbert Sutton Jr.

Gene Wilbert Sutton Jr.

Jul 13, 2009

ObituaryGene Wilbert Sutton, Jr. born on May 11th, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri to Gene Wilbert Sutton, Sr. and Ida Pearl Kilgore Sutton. Gene grew up in Berkeley, Missouri where he graduated from Berkeley Nigh School in 1982. Gene was very well known.Gene enjoyed fishing, boxing, exercising, and being with family and friends. Gene came to know Christ at...

Jeremiah Thomas

Jeremiah Thomas

Jul 9, 2009

Jeremiah's Life RememberedJeremiah Thomas was born on April 12, 1955 to the Late Elnora Thomas-Amerson and Wallace Williams in Savannah, Georgia. Jeremiah (Jerry) was the eldest of 6 children. Jeremiah was Preceded in death by his Father and Mother, Napoleon and Elnora Amerson. Jeremiah was ordained as a Minister in 1995. Jeremiah's early schooling was in University City School...

Lillian Mae Perkins

Lillian Mae Perkins

Jun 24, 2009

Not Applicable. Disposition: Cremation Saint Louis Cremation .

James Hunt Jr.

James Hunt Jr.

Jun 18, 2009

Life Reflections James Hunt, Jr. was born on August 7, 1948 in Harlem, New York to James and Bernice Hunt. He was the third of seven children, five sisters and one brother, living. James received his education in New York Public Schools. James met Patricia Surles, and after a long courtship he could not live without her. In the...

Pearl N. Gibson

Pearl N. Gibson

Jun 11, 2009

Life ReflectionsPearl N. Gibson was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, November 8, 1926. She was the second child of Burrell Virgil Rice and Viola Rice. All have preceded her in death. She attended Saint Louis Public Schools and graduated from Vashon Nigh School in 1944. After attending Christ Southern Mission Baptist Church, she was introduced as a young to...