ROXANNA JO FRENCH OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JANUARY 23, 1973, IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND JO ANN (MARLER) FRENCH. ROXANNA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE ON MARCH 26, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
ROXANNA IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS, JOHN AND JO ANN FRENCH OF IRONDALE, TWO SISTERS, HEATHER FRENCH OF IRONDALE, MARIE WISDOM AND HUSBAND DAVID OF FARMINGTON, HER GRANDMOTHER, BEULAH MARLER OF IRONDALE, TWO NEPHEWS, JONATHAN AND JOSHUA WISDOM AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ROXANNA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE UNBORN CHILD.
ROXANNA HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO CARE FOR HER SISTER, HEATHER AND HER LOVING NEPHEWS, JONATHAN AND JOSHUA. SHE ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS MOTHER NATURE DELIVERED TO HER AND SPENDING TIME CAMPING IN THE OUTDOORS. ROXANNA HAD A GREAT COLLECTION OF BEARS AND ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO ACQUIRING A NEW ONE. SOME OF HER GREATEST MOMENTS WAS THE TIME SHE SPENT CHATTING ON THE TELEPHONE.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2000, FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2000, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND TAMI WILSON AND REVEREND JIMMY ROBINSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ROBBIE CROCKER, BRIAN JENKERSON, STEVEN JENKERSON, JOHN HAGERTY, CHUCK CASON, DOUG GRAHAM, MONTY BOYER AND JONATHAN WISDOM