Stephanie Kerns-Bailey

February 16, 1973 - October 11, 2019

Stephanie Ann Kerns-Bailey, 46, of Louisiana, MO, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 at her home in Louisiana, MO. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, October 21, 2019 at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, MO. The Rev. Bill Maupin will officiate. Visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. until time of service on Monday at the funeral home. The family will have a burial of her ashes at the Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana, MO at a later date. There will be a luncheon from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. Monday, Oct. 21st at the First Baptist Church in Louisiana, MO prior to the services. She was born on February 16, 1973 at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO to Earl and Barbara Reynolds Traynor. She is survived by 2 daughters, Alicia Smith (Jeremy) of Pleasant Hill, IL and Allison Ellison (Curtis Adair) of Quincy, IL, her father and step-mother, Earl and Linda Traynor of Centralia, MO, 2 grandchildren, Jacob Hoffman and Abel Smith, and 2 step-grandchildren, Devlin Smith and Kayde Smith, her brother, Earl “Gene” Eugene Traynor, Jr. (Amy) of Louisiana, MO, her significant other, Larry Greene, his children, Daeja Greene, D’Marko Greene, and DaVante Greene, Chris Suddarth, Nicole Wheeler, Daeshawn Greene, Daylon Greene, and his grandchildren, Imani Haynes and Naomi Greene, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Traynor, paternal grandparents, Earl D. and Willie Belle Traynor, maternal grandparents Lloyd “Bud” and Sarah Kemry, an aunt, Linda Dill, and a nephew, David Traynor. Stephanie was a life-long resident of Louisiana, MO. She attended Louisiana High School and continued her education at John Wood Community College and Hannibal LaGrange College and had earned an associate’s degree in English and Psychology. She attended the First Baptist Church in Louisiana, MO. Stephanie was a substitute teacher and had worked at all the schools here in Pike County over the years and she had also worked at Stark Bros. Nursery. She enjoyed conversation especially talking with family and friends as much as she could. She loved to spend time with her kids and her grandkids whom will miss her dearly. Memorial donations may be made to the family or to the First Baptist Church in care of the funeral home.