Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Stella Mae (Rollins) Pearson 1890-1987

Stella Mae Pearson, 96, of rural Richland, Missouri, passed away Wednesday morning, May 13, 1987 at the Phelps County Regional Medical Center at Rolla, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 16, at 10:00 a.m. in the Waynesville Memorial Chapel with Rev. Norman Sanders officiating.

Burial will be in the Waymesville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of the Waynesville Memorial Chapel.

Visitation will be Friday evening, May 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m..

Survivors include: four daughters, Myrtle Gladden of Laquey, Missouri; Louise McDougald, Lubbock, Texas; Grace Langfur, Memphis, Tennessee; and Frances McKenzie of Rchland, Missouri; two sons, Ted Pearson, Burton, Kansas, and John Pearson, Collinsville, Illinois; one sister, Eula Burchard, Waynesville, Missouri; and one brother, Sterling Rollins of Siverspring, Maryland; 15 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren.

A memorial has been established by the family to the donor of the individual’s choice.

Stella May (Rollins) Pearson, daughter of J.C. and Willie Rollins was born November 14, 1890 at Bellefonte, Missouri in Pulaski County. In 1909, she was united in marriage to Francis C. Pearson, and to this union eight children were born: Agnes Pearson Mumford of Richland, Missouri, Myrtle Gladden of Laquey, Missouri, Louise McDougald of Lubbock, Texas, Grace Langfur of Memphis, Tennessee, Ted Pearson of Burton, Kansas, Mable Crumley of Richland, Missouri, John Pearson of Collinsville, Illinois, and Peggy McKenzie of Richland, Missouri.

Stella passed away Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at the Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Missouri at the age of 96 years.

Stella was converted and joined the Prospeck Church at an early age, later moving her membership to the First Baptist Church in Waynesville, Missouri, where she was a faithful member as long as her health permitted. She was also a member of the Hansen Chapter of the Eastern Star of Waynesville, and a member of the Harmony Home Extension Club.

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. in the Waynesville memorial Chapel with Rev. Norman Sanders officiating. Music was provided by organist, Dorothy Moore, and soloist, Dr. Keith Miles. Escorts were: Danny Alexander, David Crumley, Mark McKenzie, Bud Pearson, Chris Pearson, and Scott Pearson.

Interment was in the Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of the Waynesville Memorial Chapel.

The family has suggested a Memorial to the donor of the individual’s choice.

Those preceding her in death were her husband and two daughters, Agnes and Mable. Also surviving is a sister, Eula Burchard of Waynesville, Missouri, and brother, Sterling Rollins of Silver Springs, Maryland; 15 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren.

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