Charles Eugene Christian, son of the late Warner Christian and Erma Harris Christian, was born on January 29, 1937 in Puxico, Missouri and departed this life on July 11, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 77 years.

Since 1962, Mr. Christian owned and operated Christian’s Store in Bloomfield and was a resident of Bloomfield. 

On October 27, 1956, he was united in marriage to Jean DeLay in Hernando, Mississippi.  Mrs. Christian survives at the home.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Chuck (Masami) Christian of Honolulu, Hawaii, Mark (Jessica) Christian of Puxico and James Christian of Poplar Bluff; by two daughters, Sharon Sullivan of Paducah, Kentucky and Julie (Michael) Christian-White of Godfrey, Illinois; by one brother, Allen (Thelma) Christian of Dexter; by two sisters, Virginia (T.C.) Milner of Bloomfield and Betty McDougal of Sikeston; and by nine grandchildren, Christian Sullivan , Norika Christian, Jackson Christian, Lydia Christian, Chase White, Morgan White, Aaron White, Seth White and Zach White.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, John Charles Christian; by two brothers, Harold Christian and Carroll Christian; and by three sisters, Deane Kirby, Maxine Underwood and Geneva Lewis.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, July 13, 2014 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Alice Fowler officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church, 706 West Missouri Street, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P. O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, Tennessee 38101-9908.