Mrs. Cleo Harris (nee Birge) was born in Guntown MS on Wednesday, September 29th, 1937 to the union of Gladys and Noonan Birge. Cleo went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 17th, 2010 after having been a patient at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis County MO. Mrs. Harris was the sixth of seven children. Two of her siblings died in infancy.
Mrs. Harris’s family moved to East St. Louis, IL when she was a young child. At an early age, Cleo confessed in Christ becoming a member of Pilgrim Temple CME Church in East St. Louis, IL and remained a member throughout her life. She was educated in East St. Louis School District 189 attending Dunbar Elementary, Hughes-Quinn Jr. High and Lincoln Sr. High schools. Cleo was a lifelong resident of East St. Louis. She had been retired for more than a decade.
Cleo reared fourteen children. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, her only sister, two brothers and one daughter.
Cleo leaves to cherish her memories and mourn her passing thirteen children; Sharon (Matthew) Knuckles, Gay R. Harris, Reponza (Derrick) Vaughn, LaJuanda (Carl) McIntosh, Robbyn (Kirk)Brown, Elke (John II) McIntosh, Adrienne Harris-Howard, Kimberlye Harris, Tyra A. Harris, TyRhonda (Marcellus, Jr.) Roberts, Pia (Darius) Gibbs, Karando (Mia) Harris, and Myshoska (Robee) Bailey; twenty-six grand-children; six great-grand-children; a brother, Johnnie C. Birge; an uncle, John Agnew; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Public Family visitation is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at Pilgrim Temple CME Church, 1800 Trendley Avenue, East St. Louis, IL. The funeral is immediately thereafter. Interment will be at Lake View Memorial Gardens, 5000 North Illinois Street., Fairview Heights, IL.
Condolences may be offered online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.”
II Timothy 4:7
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to Pilgrim Temple CME Church, East St. Louis, Illinois
Services by Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, IL.
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