Obituaries

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Irene Cox was born on June 25, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Gussie Mae Bush and Harry Beaman Moore, and was lovingly raised by America Lorraine Munson. She was preceded in death by her siblings Anna Rose Moore-Warren, James Moore, and Harry Moore Sr.

She attended Vashon High School, graduating in June 1960. Irene met her husband, Jesse Cox Sr.,...

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Dr. Christine E. Jones was born in Saint Louis on May 1, 1947 to Josephine and Gabriel Jones. Her early education was in the Saint Louis Public Schools. She relocated to New York City in the 1950s. She was a good student who strove to excel. Upon finishing high school, she enrolled in New York University. After receiving her Bachelors...

Sep 27, 2025

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Joseph Wesley Simmons Ill was born to the union of Joseph Simmons Jr, and Alice Hamilton-Sayles, on March 20th 1947. He was the only child to this union. His Father Joseph W. Simmons Jr. and His mother, Alice Hamilton-Sayles both proceed him in death, as well as his sister, Alice Sayles Carter,

Joseph Simmons Ill was a devoted catholic, who began...

Sep 11, 2025

Jeanette Claudean Hollins was born on July 13, 1945, in Delhi, Louisiana, to Geraldine and Bethel Carter. She spent her childhood in Saint Louis, where she attended elementary, middle, and high school in the Ville neighborhood. A proud graduate of Sumner High School, Class of 1963, it was there that she met her high school sweetheart, Gerard W. Hollins, who...

Sep 8, 2025

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Joe Watkins was born November 30, 1954 to Eugene and Hattie Watkins in Saint Louis, Missouri. He attended Attucks Elementary for grade school then McKinley High for high school. He advanced to higher education by attending Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE)where he received his degree in engineering. He also served our country as a United States Marine.

Joe was not only intelligent...

Sep 3, 2025

Sep 1, 2025

Mrs. Emma Jean McClamb Davis Edwards was born May 16, 1935 to the union of Robert Peter McClamb and Hattie Nelson. Both parents and her older brother, Leon Nelson, preceded her in death.

Emma grew up in Marianna, Arkansas. She graduated in 1953 from Eliza Miller High School in Helena, Arkansas.

She was united in Holy Matrimony to Charles Henry Davis to...

Aug 30, 2025

Aug 29, 2025

Celebrating a Beautiful Woman of God…

Our beloved Mother Lonnie Merl Dooley (affectionately known as Mommo) was welcomed home by the Lord on August 29th, 2025 at 12:20 a.m. She was born on September 7, 1927 in Madison, MS, to the late Sylvester and Etta Taylor. The family included her sisters Alloween Fields and Thelma Bailey, and her brother TC Taylor,...

Aug 27, 2025

Malvina Jackson Henagan, 90, of Saint Louis, Missouri, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2025. She was born on May 15, 1935, in Galveston, Texas, and later moved to Saint Louis as a teenager.

It was in Saint Louis that she met the love of her life, James Verdo Henagan, Sr. The two were married on June 9, 1954 at Galilee...

Aug 21, 2025