Luther "Peanut" Bearden, Sr.

November 3, 1952 - December 15, 2021

Bearden, Mr. Luther “Sr.” Peanut – age 69, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at his residence. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, January 8, 2022 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street, with funeral commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor James Keys, Sr., Officiating. Interment Perry Mt. Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30AM Saturday. Mr. Bearden, Sr. will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed between 12:00PM - 6:00PM Friday. Mr. Bearden leaves to cherish his memory, his wife Essie Bearden; children, Luther Bearden, Jr., Santa Fay (James) Bell, Dorothy Jean Bearden, Hattie Bearden and Nadine Bearden; grandchildren, Shawn, Crystal, Shantice, Shane, Christopher, Casey, Cierre and Skylar Brent, Aiden Turner, Curtis Bearden, Diamond Bell, Dominique Davis, Xvier, Patrick, Asha and James Bell, Jr., D’Shawn and Malik Bell, La’Paris and Bernard Allen and Davon Bearden; great grandchildren, Damian Davis, Jr., KiDyn Davis and Dream Davis; a host of siblings; and other relatives and friends. Mr. Bearden was preceded in death by his grandson, Jeremiah Bearden; parents, Mardine and J. E. Bearden; brothers, Ronald Bearden and James Bearden; brothers-in-law, J. Lee Holmes and Arthur Carr.