“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae Phillips was born September 9, 1926 in Lexington, Mississippi to Horris and Maggie Mae Phillips.
“mso-spacerun: yes;”> who all preceded her in death.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae married Abner Jack Meeks in 1945, and together they had six children. Husband and son James (Red) preceded her in death.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae gave her life to Christ at an early age at Sweetwater church in Lexington, MS. In spring of 1953, Jack and Annie Mae relocated their family to St. Louis, MO.
“mso-spacerun: yes;”> Scruggs Memorial C.M.E. church under the pastoralship of D.S. Cunningham, where she attended for over 55 years.
“mso-spacerun: yes;”> dedicated member of Sunday school, choir, Mother’s Board, Missionary Society and served as a stewardess.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae retired from the Methodist Children’s Home in Webster Groves, MO., where she was employed for 35 years.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae was an active member of the Neighborhood Watch and served on the neighborhood council. She served as a mentor to many young women and men in her community. Everyone in the neighborhood knew her, loved her and respected her as a God-fearing woman.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved to garden, crotchet, sew, exercise, and cook those wonderful Sunday meals that fed the soul.
“mso-spacerun: yes;”> immediate family as she adopted others into her family as her own. No one was a stranger; she opened her heart and table to all.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie Mae was called home on June 9, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO. From her birth on September 09, 1926 to her death she nourished people around her with faith, love and wisdom.
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Annie leaves to cherish her memory her daughters Dorothy Meeks-Cox of Los Angeles, California, Carolyn Smith of Corona, California, Oneita (Denver) Murphy of St. Louis, Missouri, and Janice Clay of St. Louis, Missouri and her son Samuel Meeks of St. Louis, Missouri; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grand children and many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
