Nancy Rankins, daughter of the late Vernal M. Jones and Edith E. Perry Jones was born on February 3, 1941 in Rock County, Wisconsin and departed this life at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 11, 2011 at the age of 70 years.
Mrs. Rankins enjoyed crafting, painting, country music, knitting, puzzles, and crocheting. Nancy loved drinking coffee and spending time with her husband in the morning. She was a resident of Dexter, Missouri.
She was united in marriage to Ray Rankins Sr. in 1959 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Mr. Rankins survives of the home in Dexter.
Besides her husband, survivors include one son Ray (Chris) Rankins Jr. of Dexer; by one daughter, Nancee Rae Rankins Scharine of Afton, Wisconsin; by two brothers, Richard Jones and Michael Jones both of Brodhead, Wisconsin; one sister, Donna Jones Brady of Arleta, California; also by eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Jerry Jones, Ronald Jones, and James Jones; by one sister, Patrica Jones Groth.
No services will be held at this time for Mrs. Rankins with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home conducting arrangements.
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