1930
Steven
2002
Steven Richards
May 27, 1930 — January 24, 2002
STEVEN J. RICHARDS
STEVEN JERRY "SONNY" RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON MAY 27, 1930. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE EVERETT DAVID AND ROSA FLORENCE (ESSMYER) RICHARDS. SONNY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 24, 2002, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
SONNY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORMA JEAN MALLOW ON FEBRUARY 11, 1955 AND TO THIS UNION ONE CHILD WAS BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE NORMA JEAN RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE SON, JERRY RICHARDS AND WIFE CARLA OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, MALLORY AND JENNIFER RICHARDS, BOTH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; MOTHER-IN-LAW, NELLIE MALLOW OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, MARIAN RUTH "KITTY" EVANS OF FESTUS, MISSOURI AND ANNA LEE RICHARDS OF DESOTO, MISSOURI; AND SISTER-IN-LAW ROSE ANN RICHARDS OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SISTERS, FLORENCE JULIA "SIS" SANCHEGRAW, ALICE BERNICE TURNBOUGH AND SHIRLEY MAE RAMSEY; AND TWO BROTHERS, BURNHAM DAVID RICHARDS AND ELVIS WOODROW "BUCK" RICHARDS.
SONNY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR. SONNY WAS A SPECIAL MAN WHO ALWAYS KNEW THE LOVE AND KINDNESS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS COUNTRY, AND SERVED AS A PARATROOPER WITH THE 187TH AIRBORNE DURING THE KOREAN WAR. SONNY HAD A GREAT APPRECIATION OF THE FAMILY FARM AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF HIS TIME WORKING WITH HIS CATTLE AND HIS HORSE, "CHIEF", WHO WAS HIS PARTNER FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. AS SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, SONNY NOT ONLY SERVED THE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. SONNY'S FRIENDSHIP WAS TREASURED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
SONNY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS FAMILY AND CHERISHED THE THINGS THEY DID TOGETHER. HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS COULD ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO HIS FACE AND WARMTH TO HIS HEART.
SONNY RICHARDS WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, CARING DAD, LOVING AND SPOILING PA PA, DEAR AND TREASURED FRIEND AND HONEST MAN. HE FOUND THE HUMOR IN EVERY SITUATION, AND HE APPRECIATED THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 FROM 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND MONDAY JANUARY 28, 2002 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT 7:00 PM WITH REV. MEL SKEEN AND REV. TIM MORGAN OFFICIATING.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. MIKE JARVIS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE PALMER CEMETERY UNDER TH DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, BOB SCOTT, VIRGIL ALLEN, CHRIS HARMON, WAYNE CRUMP, SQUIRE CARL ESSMYER, ALLEN MERCER AND BILL JOHNSON.
STEVEN JERRY "SONNY" RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON MAY 27, 1930. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE EVERETT DAVID AND ROSA FLORENCE (ESSMYER) RICHARDS. SONNY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 24, 2002, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
SONNY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORMA JEAN MALLOW ON FEBRUARY 11, 1955 AND TO THIS UNION ONE CHILD WAS BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE NORMA JEAN RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE SON, JERRY RICHARDS AND WIFE CARLA OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, MALLORY AND JENNIFER RICHARDS, BOTH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; MOTHER-IN-LAW, NELLIE MALLOW OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, MARIAN RUTH "KITTY" EVANS OF FESTUS, MISSOURI AND ANNA LEE RICHARDS OF DESOTO, MISSOURI; AND SISTER-IN-LAW ROSE ANN RICHARDS OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SISTERS, FLORENCE JULIA "SIS" SANCHEGRAW, ALICE BERNICE TURNBOUGH AND SHIRLEY MAE RAMSEY; AND TWO BROTHERS, BURNHAM DAVID RICHARDS AND ELVIS WOODROW "BUCK" RICHARDS.
SONNY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR. SONNY WAS A SPECIAL MAN WHO ALWAYS KNEW THE LOVE AND KINDNESS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS COUNTRY, AND SERVED AS A PARATROOPER WITH THE 187TH AIRBORNE DURING THE KOREAN WAR. SONNY HAD A GREAT APPRECIATION OF THE FAMILY FARM AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF HIS TIME WORKING WITH HIS CATTLE AND HIS HORSE, "CHIEF", WHO WAS HIS PARTNER FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. AS SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, SONNY NOT ONLY SERVED THE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. SONNY'S FRIENDSHIP WAS TREASURED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
SONNY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS FAMILY AND CHERISHED THE THINGS THEY DID TOGETHER. HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS COULD ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO HIS FACE AND WARMTH TO HIS HEART.
SONNY RICHARDS WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, CARING DAD, LOVING AND SPOILING PA PA, DEAR AND TREASURED FRIEND AND HONEST MAN. HE FOUND THE HUMOR IN EVERY SITUATION, AND HE APPRECIATED THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 FROM 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND MONDAY JANUARY 28, 2002 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT 7:00 PM WITH REV. MEL SKEEN AND REV. TIM MORGAN OFFICIATING.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. MIKE JARVIS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE PALMER CEMETERY UNDER TH DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, BOB SCOTT, VIRGIL ALLEN, CHRIS HARMON, WAYNE CRUMP, SQUIRE CARL ESSMYER, ALLEN MERCER AND BILL JOHNSON.
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