Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ST.JOHN, ERNEST  April 4, 2016
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News Star World - April 07, 2016
ERNEST ST.JOHN

Funeral services for Ernest St. John, 92, of Monroe, LA will be held Thursday, 
April 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm at the First United Methodist Church of Monroe with 
Rev. Lynn Malone and Rev. J. Roddy Taylor officiating. Mr. St. John was born 
May 22, 1923 in Ruston, LA. and passed away April 4, 2016. Interment will 
follow at Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Downsville, La. under the direction of 
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe, La.

Mr. St. John was the owner/operator for over 50 years of St. John's Service 
Center, a member of the First United Methodist Church (Anna Gray Noe Sunday 
School Class), Methodist Men, Masons, Scottish Rite, Shriners, and the American 
Legion. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in WWII as a Technician 
Fourth Grade Sergeant 3rd Army; Service Battery 39th Field Artillery Battalion. 
He recently received the Legion of Honor Medal from the President of The 
Republic of France.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Clay St. John, Sr. and Gertie 
Dru Perritt St. John; his brother, Robert St. John, Jr.; and sisters, Vesta 
Haynes, Irene Wills and Marianne Ray.

Ernest is survived by his wife of 68 years, Floy Weems St. John; a son, Robert 
Glenn St. John, Sr. and wife Kay of Mandeville, La.; daughter, Mary Kathryn 
White and husband Emmett of Covington, La.; grandsons, Matthew Lee White and 
wife Jennifer of Atlanta, Ga., Robert Glenn St. John, Jr. and wife Elizabeth of 
Metairie, La.; and great-granddaughter, Isabel Marie St. John; and great-
grandson, Robert Clay St. John, III; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Corky Crain, Ed Johnson, Ben Harrison, Ronald Ray, Robert 
St. John, and Matthew White. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Anna 
Gray Noe Sunday School Class.

Visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church of Monroe from 
1:00 pm until service time on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Monroe or the 
Shriners Hospital.

Online condolences may be left on this site for the family 
www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Monroe, LA 

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