Suanne Collier Gage

February 20, 1945 - March 29, 2017

A memorial service for Mrs. Suanne Kathryn Gage, 72, of Charlotte, North Carolina will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1st, 2017 at South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Matthew Brown will officiate the memorial. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana, Missouri and officiated by Reverend Bill Maupin of First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 12:00 P.M. until 1:45 P.M. Tuesday at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, Missouri. Suanne passed away Wednesday March 29, 2017 at Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews, North Carolina. She was born February 20, 1945 in Independence Missouri, the daughter of George M. Collier and Berniece Brown Collier. She married Larry Gage in 1968 at First Baptist Church in Louisiana Missouri. Suanne is survived by her son Justin Gage, daughter-in-law Melissa Gage, and grandson Collier Gage of Los Angeles, CA, along with her son Tyler Gage, wife Amy, and two grandchildren Sara Beth and Grayson Gage of Charlotte, North Carolina, Niece Paige Alexander, husband Jeff of Chesterfield Missouri, brother-in-law Al Smith of Louisiana, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her sister Gayle Smith who passed away March 8th, 2013, her ex-husband Larry Gage who passed away November 13, 2003, father George Collier who passed away October 25, 2012, and her mother Berniece Collier who passed away October 9, 1993. Suanne graduated from William Woods College in 1966 with a BS in Education. She additionally earned her Masters degree from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. She had an emphasis in elementary and early childhood education. Suanne was a loving sister, mother, aunt and grandmother. She enjoyed playing bridge, garden club, Assistance League and P.E.O., along with her love of books and film. She will be missed by her friends and family. Pallbearers will be Karl Dewey, Paul Crosnoe, Don Giltner, Jeff Alexander, Christian Alexander, and Cameron Alexander. Memorials may be given to the Pike County Home Care and Hospice in care of Collier Funeral Homes, Inc., 117 Barnard Drive, Louisiana, MO 63353.