Ann Carol Messer, daughter of the late Glenn Ellis Mauldin and Zerah Lee Harmon Mauldin, was born on November 7, 1941 and departed this life on October 1, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 78 years.

Mrs. Messer was a former employee of Federal Mogul in Malden, Missouri, working as a piston inspector.   She attended the Bernie Nazarene Church and she was a resident of Bernie, Missouri.

She is survived by her daughter, Sheri Fulkerson of Bella Vista, Arkansas; by her sister, Ruthie Smith of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Lindsey Henry and Ty Murray; and by six great-grandchildren, Arianna Murray, Alexis Murray, Noah Murray, October Fields, Bentley Samuels, and Hailey Wolfe. 

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Sam Mauldin and Loyee Mauldin; by her sister, Glenda Mays; and by her grandson, Jason Wolfe.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.