Perry Pitford

Perry Pitford was a 38-year-old Black man from St. Louis whose life was part of the fabric of his Bevo Mill neighborhood. Public records and memorial listings confirm he died on January 30, 2022. Beyond the basic public record, few verified personal details are available in published obituaries or funeral notices.

What can be said with care and respect is that Perry was a person with relationships and roots in St. Louis. At 38 he would have lived through many of the city’s changes and, like many neighbors, likely took part in the small, meaningful routines — visiting local stores, knowing nearby faces, and contributing to the everyday life of his block. Those ordinary connections are the things that make someone known and missed by family, friends, and neighbors.

Because a family-authored obituary or funeral-home notice matching his name and the exact date of death was not found in publicly accessible sources, details such as schooling, employment, hobbies, or named relatives are not reported here out of respect for accuracy. This page honors Perry by acknowledging him as an individual whose life — however modestly recorded in public sources — was significant to people who knew him.

If you knew Perry and would like to share a memory, a photo, or information about his life so this remembrance can better reflect who he was, please consider contributing those details through the MyMemorium page. For those seeking to confirm factual records: public memorial indexes list his name and date of death (January 30, 2022), but no published family obituary matching that date was located in searches of local obituary repositories and news archives.

May this short remembrance recognize Perry as a person of worth whose life extended beyond the circumstances of his death, and may family and friends find space here to remember him with dignity.