Jesse Barnes, son of the late Ervin Barnes and Ola Santhuff Barnes was born on December 29, 1938 in Redford, Missouri and departed this life on January 21, 2017 at the John J. Pershing Veterans Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 78 years.

Mr. Barnes was a Veteran of the United States Army, former employee of Amax and Ozark Lead Company, and a resident of Piedmont, Missouri.

On June 26, 1968, he was united in marriage to Gladys Goodson in Redford, Missouri.  Mrs. Barnes preceded him in death on March 10, 2010.

Survivors include four sons, Darrell Barnes (Amber) of Essex, Missouri, Gary Reed (Elizabeth) of Piedmont, Missouri, Gerald Douglas Reed of Pacific, Missouri, and Jesse Brian Barnes of Dexter; by one brother, Herman Barnes of Ellington, Missouri; by two sisters, Betty Loyd of Redford, Missouri and Bobbi Garza of Ellington, Missouri; by his girlfriend, Debbie Pressedee; also by ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Besides his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Eugene Barnes.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11:30 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. Thursday, January 26, 2017.

Funeral services will then be conducted on Thursday at 1:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel. 

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with full military honors.