Obituaries

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I still hear his laugh…asking

“When you ‘coming home.”

No matter where I was, or how far away I roamed…

Less than a year that separates us, my Irish twin and me.

Unlike so many others, my problems he didn’t see.

He moved within the family like a beacon in the night.

Now we must live without the path that he did light.

His death is a...

Sep 16, 2026

Betty Lou Seward (Turner) was born and raised in Forrest City (New Castle), Arkansas. After graduating from High School, she attended Iowa State University and later move to St. Louis, Missouri to attend Washington University.

Betty was the loving mother of one son, Ryan, and the eldest of 10 siblings. Luther, Willie, Michael, Larry, Linda, Diane, Kimberly, Patricia, Chantel (deceased) and...

Sep 11, 2026

Latunija Rena Berry Glenn was born on July 14, 1976 to the proud parents of Willie Louis Berry, Sr. and Martha Ann Womble Berry in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. She was the second child of four children born to this union. She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Louis Berry, Sr., her grandfather, Roosevelt Womble, Sr. and her grandmothers,...

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Aug 27, 2026

A cherished and beloved Mother, Sister and Military wife, transitioned peacefully on August 27, 2026. Ruby was born on December 10, 1936 to the union of the late James Greenwood and the late Lula Aldridge Hillis in Birdeye, Arkansas.

Ruby graduated from Parkin High School in Parkin, Arkansas. Soon after she was married to her sweetheart, Robert Wilform, Sr. for about...

Aug 26, 2026

Fern Naomi Strickland peacefully went home on August 26, 2026. She was born on December 6, 1938, in St. Charles, Missouri, to Christopher Brown and Grace Scott Brown. Fern was the fourth oldest of five children.

A Life Rooted in Family and Faith

Fern was preceded in death by her parents, Christopher Brown and Grace Scott Brown; her husband, Gerald Emery Strickland;...

Aug 24, 2026

Marie Robinson (Nee) Southerland was the eldest of three siblings born to John and Hulda (Hockaday) Southerland. She was born on September 23, 1927 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Both her parents and sisters, Doris and Norma Jean, preceded her in death.

Marie attended St. Nicholas and St. Joseph's Parochial schools. She graduated from St. Joseph's High School in 1974. She entered...

Aug 23, 2026

Murlean Virginia Johnson was born on November 21, 1930 in Saint Louis, Missouri to the union of Albert and Luella Johnson. She was preceded in death by her parents and four siblings, Albert, Lionel, Princess and Alvera.

Murlean gave her life to Christ at an early age and later joined and served at Trinity Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Florissant, Missouri....

Aug 23, 2026

Brenda J. Walton-Kennedy was born on August 20, 1941 in Paducah, Kentucky to the union of Oliver Marvin and Viola (Love) Walton. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Paulette Smith; husband, James Kennedy; sons, Tommie and James; and two grandsons, Michael McNutty and Ricky Latham, Jr.

She moved to Saint Louis, Missouri at an early age and was...

Aug 22, 2026

A life well lived doesn't end anymore than music ends...it echoes through time with whispers of beauty and grace. If we listen, we can hear the encore with our hearts, for the song plays on, just as love lives on...

Terrence Hughes, better known as Terry, entered this world on the afternoon of

the twenty-fourth day of September. He accepted Jesus Christ...

Aug 16, 2026

Aug 16, 2026

Shirley Ann Pulliam was born December 4, 1950 to Emit and Sarah Pulliam.

She accepted Christ at an early age and attended St. John Missionary Church in Kinloch for many years.

She graduated from McCluer High School where she was a cheerleader. After high school, she attended Brown's Business School. She worked for the Head Start program for over 20 years, where...

Aug 4, 2026

A promising early-career scientist, Reed was entering her fourth year as a PhD candidate studying molecular microbiology and microbial pathogenesis in the Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) at WashU Medicine.

Reed is remembered by the WashU Medicine community for her kindness, quiet strength and unwavering commitment to academic excellence.

Reed took on an innovative thesis project...

Aug 3, 2026

Emmalene Mitchell was born on May 30, 1950, to the late Charlie Mitchell and Johnnie Ann Hill in Portland, Arkansas. She was educated at South County Technical School, where she studied business and office education and graduated in 1968.

Emmalene accepted Christ at a very young age at Second Missionary Baptist Church. She served faithfully in the choir, taught Sunday School...