George W. Flanigan, son of the late Oak Flanigan and Effie Fite Flanigan, was born on September 10, 1925 in Carbondale, Illinois and departed this life on April 8, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital in Poplar Bluff at the age of 89.

Mr. Flanigan was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter.  He had worked as a truck driver and was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II and the Korean War.

On September 2, 1976, he was united in marriage to Berneice Souders in Sikeston, Missouri.  Mrs. Flanigan survives of the home.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Mike Flanigan and his wife Dana of Marion, Illinois and Keith Flanigan and his wife Bunny of Tovey, Illinois; by one step-son, Albert Cottonaro and his wife Jean Ann of Lake Egypt, Illinois; by one brother, Jake Flanigan of Carbondale, Illinois; by one granddaughter, Patty Dawson and her husband Matt; and by two great-grandchildren, Dakota and Dillon Dawson.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Earl Flanigan.

A graveside service will be conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Monday, April 13. 2015 at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors.  Arrangement are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123-1718.