Marie M. Pearson (SMITH) Pearson, Marie M. left to be with the Lord on January 1, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lake St. Lous, MO. She was born on May 20, 1923 to Lorner Smith on Sand Mountain, Alabama. Marie married Charles H. Pearson on Dec. 12, 1959, they had the following family: Louise Rummerfield, Carl Everett, Clotilta (Jay) Tankersley, Joyce Eldridge, Johnie (Kathy) Pearson, Henry Pearson, Nancy (Bill) Southerland, Royce Everett and Debra Powell; her siblings were Eythemer Smith, Maverine Smith, Troy Horton, Marzell Odem and Florence Smith; she had the following grandchildren, Tina Everett, Rick Eidson, Diana Eidson Whitsell, Curtis Jones, Jacqueline Borrowman, Tammy and Greg Sharar, Tom Everett, Jasen Pearson, Amanda Viola, Kevin Tankersley, Chuck, Christopher and Rebecca Southerland, Sarah and Joshua Powell; Marie had 22 great-grandchildren and she was preceded in death by her loving husband Charles; her mother Lorner; children, Clotilta, Carl, Joyce and Nancy; sisters, Maverine and Euthemer Smith; brother Troy Horton; and grandchild William 'Buster' Lane.Services: Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at PAUL Funeral Home. Visitation Wednesday, January 4, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00. Interment on January 5, 2005 at St. Charles Memorial Gardens Cemetery Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer's Association c/o Paul Funeral Home, 240 North Kingshighway, St. Charles, MO 63301. Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 1/4/2006.