Anna Myrtle Bruce, daughter of the late Seldon Daniel and Ada Reynolds Daniel, was born on May 10, 1931 in Lamar, Arkansas and departed this life on May 6, 2016 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 84.

Mrs. Bruce was of the Baptist faith, a homemaker and a resident of Bloomfield.

In 1952, she was united in marriage to John Henry “J. H.” Bruce in Sikeston, Missouri.  Mr. Bruce preceded her in death on July 5, 1979.

She is survived by three sons, David Bruce of Dexter, Missouri, John Bruce of Bloomfield, Missouri and Keith Bruce and wife Marrianne of Dexter, Missouri; by four daughters, Diane Hanner and husband Robert of Bloomfield, Missouri, Martha Rowland and husband Terry of Fisk, Missouri, Dorothy Beyer of Dexter, Missouri and Sarah Fluty and husband Joe of Louisa, Kentucky; by one brother, James Daniel of Lamar, Arkansas; by one sister, Mary Causey of Sikeston, Missouri; by thirteen grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Wanda Jane Bruce; by one brother in infancy; by four sisters, Helen Colvin, Louise Miller, Ellen Johnson and Ruth Cowell; and by two grandchildren, Alan Hanner and Kevin Hanner.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. John Stepp officiating.