Jimmie Dale Burge, son of the late Vernon Burge and Aurelia Fields Ivy, was born on October 13, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on November 2, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 73 years.

Mr. Burge was a former employee of the Dexter Police Department, working as an officer and dispatcher, retiring after 40 years of service. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Dexter, where he served as deacon and treasurer, and assisted with the food bank ministry. He was the treasurer of the Cane Creek Stoddard Baptist Association in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and he was a resident of Dexter.

On October 11, 1975, in Dexter, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Marianna Porter. Mrs. Burge survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife Marianna, he is survived by his daughter, Jamie Richmond and husband Jeff of Hernando, Mississippi; by his step-brother, Larry Garrett of Blackstone, Virginia; by his step-sister, Gloria Hampton of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; and by his half-sister, Mary Blanton of Sikeston, Missouri;

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by two step-brothers, Doyle Garrett and Allen Garrett; and by his adopted-sister, Peggy Brinkopf.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted at Calvary Baptist Church in Dexter on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Danny Collins and Rev. Roy Davis officiating.

Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.