Floyd Wilmer Clifton, son of the late Howard Clifton and Irene Winters Clifton, was born on December 16, 1941, in Menfro, Missouri and passed away at his residence near Essex on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the age of 75.

Mr. Clifton was a former owner/operator truck driver and was formerly employed at Brown Farms near Essex.  He had served his country in the United States Marine Corp, the United States Air Force and the Army National Guard. During the Vietnam War, he was captured and served seventeen months as a Prisoner of War. 

He was a former Little League Baseball coach, a very appreciative man who wrote many thank you notes to those who had helped him.  The term “Simple Man” would serve him well, as he loved to tinker, laugh and be with his grandchildren. 

On April 20, 1963, he was united in marriage to Sandra Jean Oxford at Camp Pendleton, California and to this union four children were born.  Mrs. Clifton passed away eight hours after his death. 

Survivors include, two sons and their wives, Charles and Janet Clifton of Grassy and Daniel and Sherry Clifton of Dexter: by one daughter and her husband, Sharon and Thomas Shaffer of Chaffee: by four grandchildren, Kaylena Tucker, Howard Clifton, Shyann Clifton and Sarah Haney: by one great-grandchild, Noah Lubbers: by four brothers, Ronald Clifton of Cape Girardeau, Alan Clifton of Fort Benning, Georgia, Harold Clifton and Roger Clifton both of Perryville.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Howard Clifton. 

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, December 21, 2017. 

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter. 

Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.