Gloria S. Ross
Gloria S. Ross is the head of Okara Communications and AfterWords, an obituary-writing and design service.
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Fox founded the Harbour Group, was a donor to St. Louis educational and cultural institutions and served as a U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
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For decades, Mathews provided St. Louis children with much more than baseball fields.
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Under Givens' stewardship, the school added 13 academic degrees, including criminal justice, business administration and urban studies.
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Thompson began political life after winning a seat on the city council that had denied her a building permit.
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Johnetta Haley touched hundreds of students as a music teacher. She also helped thousands more by founding one of the largest Head Start programs in the country.
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The longtime St. Louis Cardinals ace, whose historic 1968 season prompted changes in baseball, helped lead the team to three pennants and two World Series titles.
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William H. Danforth II, who took the reins of Washington University during a period of financial uncertainty and cultural strife and helped defuse animosities by reading bedtime stories to students, has died. He was 94.
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Legendary Cardinal and Hall of Famer Lou Brock died Sunday afternoon at age 81. During his tenure with the team, he gained stardom with a 12-year stretch when he averaged 65 steals and 99 runs a year.
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 27, 2013 - When 19-year-old Pelagie Green kicked up her heels in the Muny chorus during the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 27, 2012 - Carol Perkins said her 26 years with renowned zoologist Marlin Perkins was more than…
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Jack Galmiche, who spent more than two decades transforming public television from "classroom in a box" into a digital resource that engages the entire…
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Obituary: Queen Fowler, the first African-American woman superintendent of schools in Missouri, diesQueen Dunlop Fowler, a renowned educator who became the first black woman to serve as a superintendent of schools in Missouri, died on Friday, July 20 of…