Jerry Barnes

Jerry Barnes, son of the late Henry Barnes and Sylvia Dewitt Barnes was born on July 23, 1944, at Corning, Ark., and died at the Saint Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau on Jan. 23, 2014, at the age of 69.

Mr. Barnes attended the Master's Touch Church, was a truck driver for Watkins Truck Lines in Memphis, Tenn., and was a resident of Dexter.

He was united in marriage to Mary Etta James on Dec. 8, 1979, in Bernie. She preceded him in death on July 31, 1999. He was then married to Patsy Kay Mungle Baxter on June 14, 2003, in Dexter. She survives of the home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons and their spouses, Randy and Diane Barnes of Dexter and Steve and Julie Barnes of Cape Girardeau; one step-son, Bobby Brotherton of Collinsville, Ill.; one step-daughter, Paula Roberts of Dexter; two brothers and their spouses, Danny and Debbie Barnes of Campbell and Larry and Darlene Barnes of Puxico; three sisters and their spouses, Loretta and Don Walters of Dexter, Barbara and Kenneth Trout of Bernie, Gloria and Charlie Dean of Bernie; one sister-in-law, Anglee Barnes of Bernie; five grandchildren, one great-granddaughter and six step- grandchildren; also several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Besides his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Billy Doris Barnes and George "Lefty" Barnes.

Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Funeral services will then be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Everett Owens officiating. Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.