Vernie Lemons

VERNIE MAE LEMONS
VERNIE MAE LEMONS OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI ON OCTOBER 17, 1937. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PARLEE (HENRY) DOWDEN. VERNIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CRYSTAL CITY, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 23, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-FOUR YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
VERNIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LEVI LEMONS JR. ON JULY 21, 1955 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. TO THIS UNION ELEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND LEVI LEMONS JR. OF CADET, MISSOURI, FOUR DAUGHTERS; PAMELA ROBINSON AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, PATRICE CUNNINGHAM OF CADET, MISSOURI, ROSALIND LEMONS OF HOUSTON, MISSOURI AND PANSY LEMONS OF CADET, MISSOURI, THREE SONS; JOHN DOWDEN AND WIFE CAROLYN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TERENCE LEMONS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND KEVIN LEMONS, OF CADET, MISSOURI. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWENTY-THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR SONS; CEDRICK LEMONS, ROBERT LEMONS, LEVI VALDIMIR LEMONS AND RUSSELL MELVIN LEMONS.
VERNIE WAS A FUN LOVING PERSON WITHOUT A CARE IN THIS WORLD AND SHE LOVED ALL ELEVEN OF HER CHILDREN.
VERNIE WAS A GOOD MOTHER, WIFE AND FRIEND WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE. SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SITTING IN FRONT OF THEIR FIREPLACE AT HOME.
VERNIE ALSO ENJOYED GOING FISHING AND WATCHING SOAP OPERAS.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 10:30 AM TO 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. HARRY GAMBLE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.