James Dale Jennings, son of the late Edgar Jennings and Mildred Talley Jennings, was born in Dexter, Missouri on July 14, 1933 and departed this life at Cypress Point Skilled Care in Dexter, Missouri on October 10, 2017 at the age of 84 surrounded by his loving family and caring nurses.

Mr. Jennings was a carpenter.  He was a resident of Essex, Missouri and a member of the Bernie General Baptist Church.

He was untied in marriage to Mary Ellen Wilmath in Piggott, Arkansas on September 30, 1950.  Mrs. Jennings preceded her husband in death on December 16, 2008.

Survivors include one son, Larry Dale Jennings & Friend Dee Zikis of St. Charles, Illinois; by two daughters, Patricia Marchbanks & husband Don of Bartlett, Tennessee and Betty Jo Jenkins & husband David of Sikeston, Missouri; by two Sisters, Vida Noella Davis of the State of Texas and Reva Pitts of the State of Kentucky; by five Grandchildren, Gwendolyn Jennings, Christopher Milligan, Angela Walker, Barbara Shepard and Alexis Acord; by four great-grandchildren, Alec McDonald, Noah Milligan, Austin Shepard and Taylor Williams; by one Great-Great-Granddaughter, Isabella McDonald; also by other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death other than by his parents and his wife, by one sister, Eugana Davis; by one grandson, Matthew Jennings.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Monday Morning, October 16, 2017 from 11:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M.  

Funeral services will then be conducted at 12:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  

Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery, Dexter, Missouri.  

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.