Easter Freeman

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Easter G. Freeman, 99 years and 9 months, of Campbell went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Easter, daughter of late John Wesley and Rachel Ann Hancock Launius, was born on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1921 in Holcomb, Missouri.

Easter was a lifelong farm wife and a member of the Clarkton and Campbell communities. She graduated from the Clarkton High School where she starred on the first girls’ basketball team. She was a member of the Lynn Oak General Baptist Church in Clarkton. She later attended, with her husband, Beechwell General Baptist Church and the Campbell United Methodist Church.

On Sept. 1, 1940, in Kennett, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Marion Ester Freeman, Sr. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 1999.

Her survivors include three sons, Marion (Nick) E. Freeman, Jr. and wife, Judy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ron Freeman of Campbell, Gary Freeman and wife, Joyce, of Qulin; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by 11 siblings, Homer, Coy, Jim, Luke, Lula, Jay, Bea, Bertha, Bunk, Dick and Midge.

Graveside service will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30. 2020 at Woodlawn Cemetery-Landess Addition in Campbell with Rev. Darren Baker officiating. Burial will immediately follow.

Memorials can be made to the Chalk Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, P.O. Box 154, Campbell, MO 63933

Landess Funeral Home of Campbell will be in charge of the arrangements.