Fred C. Halbert of Dexter, Missouri, died on May 27, 2016 at his residence in Dexter.  He was born on July 23, 1944 at Dexter to Coell and Etta Mae Halbert.   

He and Brenda Joyce Rhodes were married on November 19, 1966 at the Church of God in Lutesville, Missouri.  Mrs. Halbert survives of their residence in Dexter.

Fred was a 1962 graduate of Delta High School.  He received a Junior Accountants degree from Sanford Brown College in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Fred served in the 1221 National Guard Transportation Unit from February 1967 to January 1973. 

He was a Supervisor for Missouri Utilities and AmerenUE for thirty-five years in Cape Girardeau, Chaffee and Dexter, Missouri retiring in July of 2002. 

Fred was a member of the Dexter and Chaffee Rotary Clubs. He was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Dexter, Chaffee and Scott City.

Loving survivors include his mother and stepfather, Etta Mae and Leroy Temples of Dexter, wife Brenda Halbert of the home in Dexter; two daughters, Theresa and husband Gary Bentley of Blytheville, Arkansas, and Tina and husband Billy Eaker of Delta, Missouri; by three grandchildren, Courtney Bentley and fiancé Jordan Tew and Collin Bentley of Scott City, Missouri and Dillon Eaker of Delta.

Fred was preceded in death by his father, Coell Halbert.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. 

Funeral services will then be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Steve Tippin and Gary Gilbert officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.