Services for Emmie Marie Peralta, age 7, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Marshall. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2025, with a Rosary beginning at 5:15 p.m., at the funeral home.

Emmie was born on October 9, 2017, in Longview, Texas to Elijah Pearson and Anais Peralta and passed away on April 18, 2025, in Buna, Texas.
She was a very outgoing, creative, and sweet little girl. She loved going on adventures with her mommy, doing crafts and painting, dancing and singing, playing on her iPad and spending time with her family in Marshall and Beaumont, Texas. She and her Uncle Markitos always loved to play together outside, and she enjoyed visiting her Gigi's to see her siblings and cousin. She enjoyed being a great helper in school to her classmates, friends and to her younger siblings and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Elijah M. Pearson and her uncle, Nicholas P. Pearson.

She is survived by her mother, Anais Peralta; aunt, Anaid Wilson and husband, Darryl; uncle, Marco Antonio Peralta; grandparents, Marcos and Angelica Peralta; paternal grandmother, Stephanie Lartigue-Pearson; uncle, Nijal Pearson; paternal great grandfather, Jerry Pearson; sisters, E'Mani Pearson, Skylar Hastings; brother, Eli P. Pearson and cousin, Nova Pearson along with other aunts, uncles, cousins, great grandparents and other family and friends.