A funeral Mass for Sister Marie Annette Seymour, RSM, was to be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Mercy Conference and Retreat Center chapel in Frontenac. Sister Annette died May 20 at Catherine’s Residence in Frontenac. She was 82 and a Sister of Mercy of the Americas for 63 years.
Annette was born on May 14, 1943, in Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of Edward and Jamie Seymour. She graduated from St. Francis Xavier in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1962. On Sept. 8, 1962, she entered the Religious Sisters of Mercy and later received the name Sister Mary Charisse. She professed her first vows in 1965 and made perpetual profession on Aug. 16, 1970. Her ring motto was “Love Conquers All.”
Sister Annette received her bachelor’s degree in English with a certificate in secondary education from Saint Louis University, a master’s degree in communication studies from the University of Notre Dame and a certificate in spiritual direction from Mercy Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She also received certification as a healing touch practitioner.
Sister Annette taught at St. Joseph Parish School, St. John’s Inter-Parochial High School and Sacred Heart High School in Mississippi. She did campus ministry at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi; Maplewood Community College in New Orleans; the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Radford University in Richmond, Virginia. Additionally, Sister Annette served four years as vocation minister for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Later in life, her passion was providing Healing Touch, an integrated therapy at Pratt Cancer Center, Mercy Hospital St. Louis and Mercy Center in St. Louis.
Sister Annette enjoyed dancing, singing and cooking. She delighted in meeting new friends and treasured time with her family. She was a lifelong learner and supporter of the arts.
She is survived by her loving sisters Linda Foster (Steve), Connie Robert (Pete), Janice Hess (Buddy) and Luky Seymour (Gene); her brother Sid (Liz); and many nieces, nephews and friends. Annette was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Laura Opperman (Fred) and Jimmy and Leo Seymour (Nancy).
Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.
