Obituaries

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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

Sep 4, 2025

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

Aug 19, 2025

Ural Hawthrone House, Jr., affectionately known as “House,” was born on June 29, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the beloved son of Ural Hawthrone House, Sr., and Jessie Colena Posey.

House was the second-born of four siblings. His sister, Annie Willetta House Russell, and his brother, Alfred Ray House, both preceded him in death.

He had a deep love for...

Aug 17, 2025

Aug 17, 2025

Victoria Marie Crews was born to the union of Alvin and Marie Virdue on October 1, 1948 in Saint Louis, Missouri. She was the fifth child born to this union. Both parents and brothers, Aaron, Alvin, and Von preceded her in death.

Victoria attended the Saint Louis Public Schools. After Vashon High, she became a nurse. She was a loving mother...

Aug 15, 2025

Aug 2, 2025

On August 2, 2025, Eulalia DeArtis “Dee Dee” Bush Jackson was called home to be with the Lord, leaving behind a legacy of love, faith, and unwavering devotion to family.

Born July 28, 1941, in Saint Louis, Missouri, to the late James Claybourne Bush of Covington, Virginia, and Odessa DeArtis Taylor Bush of Saint Louis, Missouri, Dee Dee was the firstborn...