Harold V. Heaton, son of the late James W. Heaton, Sr. and Clara Mae Green Petifurd, was born on June 2, 1942 in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on March 29, 2015 at his residence in Dudley, Missouri at the age of 72.

Mr. Heaton had worked as a Maintenance Supervisor for W.W. Wood Products in Dudley and was a veteran of the United States Air Force.  He loved hunting and fishing.

On June 11, 1966, he was united in marriage to Judi Smith in East Prairie, Missouri.  Mrs. Heaton survives of the home.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Harold Bradley Heaton of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Todd Alan Heaton of Dudley, Missouri and Larry Andrew Heaton of Dudley, Missouri; by two daughters, Angela Dawn Myers of Oroville, California and Monica Page Heaton on Dudley, Missouri; by four brothers, James W. Heaton, Jr. of Dudley, Missouri, Billy Ray Heaton of Wappapello, Missouri, Danny Heaton of Marlow, Oklahoma and Buddy Joe Heaton of Bloomfield, Missouri; by six sisters, Nellie Geneva Allen of Phoenix, Arizona, Patricia Wood of Bloomfield, Missouri, Brenda Laffoon of Dudley, Missouri, Ocie Robinson of Dexter, Missouri, Dorothy Keith of Dexter, Missouri and Lisa Ann Riefer of Dudley, Missouri; by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri on Friday, April 3, 2015 from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.