Dwayne G Trice

Dwayne G. Trice, 40, a Black man, died on December 25, 2013, in St. Louis, Missouri, leaving behind a paper trail that feels more like a quiet absence than a headline. The public-facing record is spare: a simple obituary notice that anchors him in time—born December 13, 1973, gone on Christmas Day—and places the next moments in the hands of family and friends who gathered soon after.

His services were held on January 3, 2014, at John L. Ziegenhein & Sons South County on Lemay Ferry R ...