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Amy Rae Black Kearce, age 39, of Mound City, Illinois, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017 in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born May 10, 1978 in Chester, Illinois, the daughter of Janice Gordon of Houston, Texas and the late Dick Lee Black.
Besides her mother and step-father Cecil Leonard, Amy is survived by two children: Briana McKinney of Houston Texas and Kobe Waddy of Mound City, IL, two half-brothers: Michael Herrell and Scotty Herrell, both of Florida, and a half-sister, Kelsey Black of Oklahoma, Grandmother Dolores Frazer of Otterbein, IN along with many aunts, uncles, cousins and family friends.
Amy was a homemaker. She also selflessly was an organ donor, in the “Living” memory of Thomas “Bo” Craig of Houston, Texas.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Donations please instead of flowers or gifts.

Both provide recovery services for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault:

Bay Area Turning Point, Inc.
Memory of Amy Rae Black Kearce
P.O. Box 890929
Houston, TX 77289
Or
Cairo Woman’s Shelter
Memory of Amy Rae Black Kearce
P.O. Box 911
Cairo, Il 62914

Many thanks for all thoughts and prayers. Special Thanks to the staff of St. Frances Heart Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO, The staff at the Hampton Inn in Cape Girardeau, MO and to Jonette of Mid-America Transplant. Also, the love and support received from Amy’s Aunt and Uncle, Sherry and Jimmy Petty of Panama City, Florida, and their daughter Tina Bruce of Carbondale, IL. And to the generosity of “James” of Panama City, FL.

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