Jesse J. Britton, Jr., son of the late Jesse J. Britton, Sr. and Beulah Britton, was born on September 16, 1926 in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on March 18, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 88.

Mr. Britton had worked for Barker Salvage in Dudley and as a farmer.  He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Korean War and was a lifelong resident of Stoddard County, currently residing in Dudley.

In October of 1958, he was united in marriage to Thelma Robinson in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Britton preceded him in death on August 7, 1998.

He is survived by one son, Donald Britton of Dexter; by two daughters, Betty Patterson and Barbara Wells, both of Dudley; by seventeen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by three daughters, Maxine Moses, Ellen Sattler and Virginia Jaynes; and by three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, March 23, 2015 from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, March 23, 2015 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2:00 P.M. 

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.