Jimmie Wayne Anthony Sr, son of the late Rex Leon Anthony and Myrtle Grace Crain Anthony was born in Dexter, Missouri on September 23, 1943 and departed this life at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 4, 2016 at the age of 73.

Mr. Anthony had worked for Bush & Latta Painting in St. Louis, Missouri for over 25 years, he was a driver for Eubank Trucking out of Dexter, Missouri along with his brother Sonny; in his later years, he raised alfalfa for his beloved horses.

He was united in marriage to Inis Jone Hathaway in Bernie, Missouri on June 23, 1962. She survives in their home in Dexter.

Other survivors include two sons, Jimmie Wayne Anthony Jr. & wife Kim and Brian Scott Anthony, all of Dexter, Missouri; by one daughter, Stacey Jean Anthony Ward & husband Brian of Dexter, Missouri; by one brother, Donald Ray Anthony & wife Judy of Dexter, Missouri; by one sister, Ruth Burner & husband Tom of Bernie, Missouri; by seven grandchildren, Chris Anthony, Brandi Anthony, Danielle Jarrett, Westley Carter, Brittany Ward, Josh Anthony and Connor Anthony; by two great-grandchildren, Selena Anthony and Zoe Anthony; also by other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death other than by his parents, by two brothers, Rex “Sonny” Anthony and Harold Gene Anthony in infancy.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 5:30 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, December 9, 2016 at 11:00 A.M.

Pastor Dale Hartle officiating. Interment will be in Gregory-Landcastor Cemetery, Rural Dexter, Missouri.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.