October 25, 2001

Hope Easter

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Hope Easter, 76, of Charleston died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001, at her home. She was born July 12, 1925, in Camden, Tenn., daughter of Willie and Etleka Bomar Sterling. She and Jasper Easter were married Jan. 31, 1944. He died Aug. 23, 1996...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Hope Easter, 76, of Charleston died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001, at her home.

She was born July 12, 1925, in Camden, Tenn., daughter of Willie and Etleka Bomar Sterling. She and Jasper Easter were married Jan. 31, 1944. He died Aug. 23, 1996.

Easter moved to Charleston 19 years ago from Anniston, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Charleston.

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Survivors include two sons, Jackie Easter of East Prairie, Mo., Bobby Easter of Morehouse, Mo.; three daughters, Ruth Ivie of Charleston, Becky Manker of Cairo, Ill., Judy Hall of East Prairie; two sisters, Zetta Wilburn of Matthews, Mo., Hettie Medlin of Wakefield, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by six brothers.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Gerald Collier officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.

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