Jeanette D. Stokes

Stokes, Jeanette D. (nee Drake), of High Ridge, Missouri, was born July 19, 1918, in Wellwood, Tennessee, to John and Winnie (nee Pipkin) Drake, and entered into rest, Friday, January 15, 2010, at St. Lukeâ€™s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 91 years, 5 months and 26 days. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husbands, Kirby W. Harvey (Married April 21, 1940), and Lloyd Stokes (Married November 21, 1970), three (3) siblings, Russell Drake, John Drake, and Chester Drake, She is survived by two (2) children, Winnie (Clinton) Morgan of High Ridge, Missouri, and Janice (John) Lamb, of Anthem, Arizona, two (2) step-children, Peggy (Jay) Watkins, of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, and Donna (Bill) Honeycutt, of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, five (5) grandchildren, Michelle Fleming, Clint (Candi) Morgan Jr., Melinda (Mike) Hanson, Angela (Bo) Lamb, and Nicole Lamb, eleven (11) great-grandchildren, Emily Morgan, Ashton Morgan, Chandler Morgan, Preston Morgan, Autumn Fleming, Erin Fleming, Morgan Hanson, Brian Fleming, Lauren Morgan, Benton Hanson,and Ava Hildebrand, two (2) siblings, Christine (Reverend Russell) Reed, of Ripley, Tennessee, and Barbara (Billy) Strafford, of Brownsville, Tennessee, and many other relatives and friends. Jeanette was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Jeanette was an excellent homemaker and an amazing cook. Her specialties were sweets, making wonderful fudge and cookies. She was a kind and generous woman who took very good care of those around her. Jeanette loved to play dominos and liked working with plants and flowers, but her most precious moments were those she spent with her family and especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is fondly remembered and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Visitation Monday, January 18, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. â€“ 1:00 p.m., with Service following at 1:00 p.m. at CHAPEL HILL MORTUARY, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, MO 63016. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cedar Hill, MO. Memorials to the American Lung Association, 1118 Hampton Ave., St. Louis, MO 63139. PDF Printable Version

Jeanette D. Stokes

July 19, 1918 - January 15, 2010