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STEARNS Vivian L. Stearns, Age 93, passed away September 1, 2012. She was born February 27, 1919, in Cleveland, Mississippi. Raised in the rural Mississippi "delta" region, she lived much of her life in Memphis, TN and Louisville, KY. She was a resident of San Antonio, TX since 1979 after having retired as a Telephone Sales Manager from the L. M. Berry Company in Louisville, KY, a primary sales company for yellow page advertising. Her work led to extensive travel in five southern states, and the development of many close friends who have remained in contact with her through the years. She was preceded in death by her husband George E. Stearns; mother Fannie F. Carroll; father Walter C. Carroll; two sisters, Edna Haynie and Mamie L. Slaughter; also a brother, Walter C. Carroll, Jr.; one Niece, Ann Morton and her husband, Jim Morton. She is survived by daughter Peggy B. Shearer and her husband, Randy Duckworth of San Antonio; son Jeffrey Stearns and his wife Judy of Houston; two grandsons Richard E. Backlund of Los Angeles, CA and Robert J. Backlund and his wife Lori of San Antonio, granddaughter Christie Shopoff and her husband Michael of Houston; two great granddaughters, Courtney Shopoff of Houston, and Kelsey I. Guthrie and her husband Philip of Hawaii; three great grandsons, Taylor E. Backlund of San Antonio, Justin T. Paige of Austin, and Colt Shopoff of Houston; niece Jo Carol Vail of Memphis and nephews Walter C. Carroll III and wife Cheryl of Memphis, and Monte Carroll of Nashville. She also has a great niece, Kelly Slemons, a great nephew, Mark Morton, and 5 great-great nieces. Her close friends were many, Reid and Von Caufield, Kristy and John Rhodes, Linda and David Zink, and Betty Jackson, just to name a few. Vivian was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of San Antonio. SERVICES Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 1:00pm at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 1416 North Loop 1604 East, San Antonio, Texas 78232-3507. Entombment will follow in the Mission Burial Park North Mausoleum, 20900 IH-10 West, San Antonio, Texas 78257. The family requests that memorials be made in her honor to St. Thomas Episcopal Church. You may sign the on-line guestbook at www.missionparks.com under the obituary section. MISSION PARK NORTH 3401 CHERRY RIDGE SAN ANTONIO TX 78230 210 349-1414

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Vivian Lois Stearns

February 27, 1919 - September 1, 2012