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Vigil for Christopher Marks Happens Tonight

Come to Rogers Middle School Friday at 7:30 p.m. for a glow bracelet vigil and a chance to share, pray and remember as a community.

Affton community residents will hold a glow bracelet vigil Friday, Aug. 9, in honor of the seventh grader-to-be who was found dead in the Meramec River Tuesday, at the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area near the -Pacific borderline.

The vigil starts at 7:30 p.m., in the rear of by the basketball courts.

Bring your own chair or blanket to sit on, advises the Affton Schools Mother's Club on Facebook.

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"Please join our community in honoring the memory of Christopher Marks and showing support to his family," the club posted on Facebook.

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