Pearl V. Gilbert Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Pearl V. Gilbert of East Saint Louis, Illinois, born in Scooba, Mississippi, who passed away at the age of 87, on August 20, 2022. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Pearl V. Gilbert to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Pompy Byrd (Joe) and Mary Vickers-Howard; her siblings, Cozie Howard, Rosie Howard, Tom Howard, Ed Howard, Sylvester Howard, Ella Howard-Mumphard, Undean Byrd and Hazie Lee Byrd; and her husband Earnest Lee Gilbert, Jr..
She is survived by: her stepmother Wyonia Byrd (Billie Blue); her sibling Between; her stepfather Matthew Howard, Sr.; her children, Horace Gilbert (Angela) of Belleville, IL, Dante Gilbert of East St and Sandra McKinley of Fairview Heights, IL; her siblings, Donald Howard (Geraldine) of Hattiesburg, MS, Matthew Howard (Betty) of Centreville, IL, Jim Howard (Bonnie) of Belleville, IL, Willie Byrd (Nancy) of East St, Arthur Byrd (Rita) of Glen Carbon, IL, Eugene W. Byrd of Houston, TX, Mary Houston of Swansea, IL, Tawanda S. Hudson of Fairview Heights, IL and Annie Smoot (Major) of Scooba, MS; her grandchildren, Ronald McKinley (Corey), Horace Cortez Gilbert, Xavion Gilbert and Rhea Gilbert; and her great grandchildren, Nicholas McKinley, Cori McKinley, A'nyah McGee, Ronald McKinley Jr. and Kushiah McKinley. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
