Melba Jewel (Brown) LeGear, 80, St. Louis

Melba Jewel (Brown) LeGear, 80, of St. Louis died Nov. 24, 2022, in St. Louis. Mrs. LeGear was a computer specialist. She was Baptist. Born Jan. 22, 1942, in Owassa, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Allie Dee (Raybon) and Ralph Marvin Brown.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years: William Norton LeGear III of St. Louis; two children: Yvette LeGear Hartsfield of St. Louis and Christina Renee LeGear Little of Paradise, Australia; and one grandchild: Reece Adrianna Hartsfield of Orlando, Fla.

She was preceded in death by a sibling: Robert Lavon Brown.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until a funeral service at noon Friday, Dec. 2, at Laclede Groves Chapel, 723 S. Laclede Station Road., in St. Louis County, officiated by Pastor Wayne Norris. Burial will be in St. Louis. Arrangements are under the direction of Kutis Funeral Homes.