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Carrie Mae Moore was born February 22, 1923 in West Point, MS. to Luke and Emma Richardson. Carrie was the 4th of 5 children. Her parents, as well as all of her siblings proceeded her in death. On July 6, 1942, Carrie married L C Moore and they shared 54 years of happiness until his death October 25, 1996. To this union 4 sons (Sammie, Kenneth, Dyrell, Timothy) & 1 daughter (Maxine) were born. Two sons (Sammie, Timothy) proceeded her in death. Sister Moore, Momma...

Henry L Houston Junior was born on March 28, 1934, to Sadie Hoskins and Henry L. Houston, Sr. Henry was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles and Sammie Lee; sister, Ruthie Lee; and two daughters, Lauretta Hubbard and Cynthia Staples. Henry was educated in the St. Louis Public School District. After school, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, to work at the General Motors plant as an assembly line worker. Henry moved back to St. Louis, Missouri, as a maintenance technician in the...

Bernice Virginia Coleman was the second child born to the union of Grant Everett and Mae Opal (Nee Elmore) Johnson. Her parents; her sister, Flora Brady; her brother, Grant, Jr.; her son, Jeffery Coleman; and daughter, Emma Coleman Sinclair, all preceded her in death. After Bernice graduated 8th grade at James Milton Turner School in Meacham Park, she decided to attend Sumner High School in St. Louis City. Even though the family resided in St. Louis County, the only schools accepting black...

Edward Hughes Jr was born on March 1935 to the union of Louetta Hughes and Edward Hughes Sr. He was raised in the Catholic faith attended St Bridget's Catholic Elementary School.  He attended St Nicholas Church then returned to St Bridget's Catholic Church where he remained a member until his death. Upon graduating Vashon High School he enlisted in the United States Airforce where he became a Sgt. in the Korean War.  He retired from the military after twenty-seven years...

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 Douglas D. Bradshaw (Donald J. Hendrix, Sr.), seventy-eight of St. Louis, MO, passed away on July 16, 2022, at DePaul Hospital from complications of a stroke. Douglas was preceded in death by his wife of thirty years, Sharon Thielman Bradshaw; parents, Edgar W. Hendrix, and Anna Lee Hendrix; brother, Edgar Wayne Hendrix;...

Life Reflections On June 25, 1953, the Lord blessed the union of Pearl Estelle (Courtney) Bradley and Charles Robert Bradley, Sr., with a handsome son, Charles Robert Bradley, Jr. He was the second of eight children born to this union and was affectionately called “Lil Charlie.” His father, Charles, his mother, Pearl, his sister, Deborah, and his brother, Ruben Sr., all preceded him in death. He was educated at St. Bridget Catholic School and Providence Boys Junior High School...

Barbara was born on January 1, 1932, in St. Louis, MO, at City Hospital #2. She was the daughter of Wesley Pascal and Christiana Temple. Barbara had an older sister, Helena Evans, 21 years her senior, and a younger brother, Leslie Eugene Temple, born approximately six minutes after — her twin brother. She and her twin were the 1st African American twins born in St. Louis in 1932. Both siblings preceded her in death. By trade, Barbara’s father was a printer and her mother was a...