Stephen "Steve' Algene French was born on August 18, 1956 to proud parents, Lawrence Herbert French and Marguerite "Mack" French in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at St. Anthony Hospital and grew up in Clearview, Oklahoma. He was the seventeenth of eighteen children.

Steve attended elementary school in Clearview, OK; high school in Weleetka, Oklahoma; had a great love for basketball and attended Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma on a basketball scholarship.

At a young age, Steve was baptized into the Church of the Living God in Clearview, OK by the Rev. L. C. Carson.

Suffering from severe schizophrenia, Steve returned home to live with his parents. For over forty years, and with the help of his loving mother, he miraculously overcame sever medical challenges year after year with never a whisper of complaint. Steve had a strong will and loving heart and will be profoundly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Steve was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence French; paternal and maternal grandparents, Earl and Mallie French and Manuel and Pinkie Bush; Siblings: Tommy Ray and Dorothy Mae French (infant twins); Lawrence French, Jr.; Eva Ware; Ruby Ann Samilton; Michael David French; and Vivian Veatrice Anderson.

Those remaining to love and remember Steve: His mother, Marguerite "Mack" French; six sisters: Veola West (Johnny), Owasso, Oklahoma; Marian Ware (Lyle, deceased), Midwest City, Oklahoma; Jean Simmons (Frank), Hurst, Texas; Margaret Myers (Joel), Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mechelle Linden (Felix), Spencer, Oklahoma; Sherri French, Norman, Oklahoma; four brothers: (twins) Earl Daniel French, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Dyrl Manuel French, Clearview, OK; Jerry Staley French, Weleetka, OK; and Joel Herbert French (Patsy), Clearview, OK; sister-in-law, Joyce M. French; and brother-in-law, Lloyd David Samilton, Sr.; including numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of other relatives and friends.