S.T. Kershaw

Thursday, November 18, 2004

PORTAGEVILLE - S.T. Kershaw, 67, died Nov. 11, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Born Dec. 23, 1936, in Grenada, Mo., daughter of the late Willie and Iona Harvey Meeks, she was a member of the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Portageville.

Her husband, Eugene Kershaw, preceded her in death.

Survivors include: six sons and four daughters-in-law, Julis and Mary Kershaw of Alamogordo, N.M., Mark and Esther Kershaw, Zachary Kershaw and Henry Kershaw of Kansas City and Raymond and Faye Kershaw and Eugene and Mary Kershaw III of Portageville; three daughters, Jeanie Williams of Long Beach, Calif., Rose Carolyn Kershaw of Kansas City and Roberta Kershaw of Caruthersville; and 31 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from 9 a.m. Saturday until service time at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Portageville. The Rev. Reginald Grant will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Lily of the Valley Cemetery at Pleasant Point.

DeLisle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.