Mr. John Palmer leaves to cherish his wife, Cammie Palmer; his eight children, Brenda McIntosh, Eldrew McIntosh (Samantha), Granite City, Illinois, Alfred McIntosh (Ernestine), Cahokia, Illinois, Karen Palmer, Alice Palmer, Brittny Palmer all who reside in East St. Louis, Illinois and Beauty Smith, Alabama; he left his fourteen brothers and sisters, Precious Palmer, Jr. (Jesse), Freeport, Illinois, Vester Mae Palmer, Cahokia, Illinois, Lee Earl Palmer ,Greenwood, Mississippi, Clara Mae Palmer, Cahokia, Illinois, Ruby Lee King (Roy) Drew, Mississippi, Charles Palmer (Juanita), Collinsville, Illinois, Ethel Lean Palmer, Battle Creek, Michigan, Robert Palmer (Rosie), Detroit, Michigan, James Palmer (Sherry), Shiloh, Illinois, Shirley Palmer (Travis), Minter City, Mississippi, Precious Mable, St. Louis, Missouri, Herman Clerk (Katrina), Jackson, Mississippi, LaTonya Thomas, Glendora, Mississippi, Ebony Thomas, Glendora, Mississippi, and Antoine Cain, Cape, Girardeau to enjoy the wonderful memories that they all cherished as a family; twenty-three grandchildren that will miss him tremendously and a host of nieces and nephews.