ANTHONY EUGENE SPRAGGINS, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BUDHA, PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023 IN ST. LOUIS, MO. ANTHONY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1966 IN ST. LOUIS, MO. 

ANTHONY WAS A GRADUATE OF KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND MOVED ON TO SERVE 13 YEARS IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. ANTHONY SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME TRAVELING AND LENDING A HAND WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS, TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, HOME IMPROVEMENT, FISHING, AND DISC JOCKEYING. HE RETIRED FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AFTER 30 YEARS. 

ANTHONY WAS FAITHFULLY DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND BROTHERHOOD. ILLUSTRIOUS ANTHONY E. SPRAGGINS 33° SERVED 20 YEARS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FREE AND ACCEPTED, MODERN MASONS AND ORDER OF THE EASTERN STARS. HE ACTED AS GRAND MASTER OF SHERMAN GRAND LODGE FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF ALPHA LODGE  .22 IN ADDITION, HE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE ST. LOUIS CROWN ROYALS MOTORCYCLE CLUB FOR 10 YEARS. 

ANTHONY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, EDWARD SPRAGGINS AND DAUGHTER, SHANEKA SPRAGGINS. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS LOVING SPOUSE, MICHELLE SPRAGGINS, FOUR DAUGHTERS ARCENIA MAGEO (JASON), ARICKA JOHNSON, ASHANTI HILL, AND GABRIELLE RANDALL, FIVE SONS, SHANNON JOHNSON (LASHANDA), DEON WALKER (JAYME), KEVIN JOHNSON (DESTINY), ANTHONY COLLINS AND TERELL (TJ) RANDALL. ALSO, HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS MOTHER, EMMALENE WILLIAMS, BONUS MOTHER, MARILYN SPRAGGINS, BONUS FATHER, DOUGLAS WILLIAMS SR. (BERNAY), BROTHERS, MICHAEL SPRAGGINS AND DOUGLAS WILLIAMS JR. (SHAKIRA), AND SISTER STEPHANIE HEMPHILL. HIS PARENTAL IN-LAWS ARE SHARON BRYANT (AUSTIN) AND JAMES JOHNSON (JANE), AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MICHAEL BRYANT (MICHELE) AND AUSTIN BRYANT JR. HE HAS 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL SPECIAL AUNTS, UNCLES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, AND OF COURSE HIS BELOVED MARLIE.

DON’T THINK OF HIM AS GONE AWAY 

HIS JOURNEY’S JUST BEGUN, 

LIFE HOLDS SO MANY FACETS 

THIS EARTH IS ONLY ONE. 

JUST THINK OF HIM AS RESTING 

FROM THE SORROWS AND THE TEARS 

IN A PLACE OF WARMTH AND COMFORT 

WHERE THERE ARE NO DAYS AND YEARS. 

THINK HOW HE MUST BE WISHING 

THAT WE COULD KNOW TODAY 

HOW NOTHING BUT OUR SADNESS 

CAN REALLY PASS AWAY. 

AND THINK OF HIM AS LIVING 

IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE TOUCHED… 

FOR NOTHING LOVED IS EVER LOST 

AND HE WAS LOVED SO MUCH. 

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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