Jimmie C. Jones, son of the late Ardeth “A.G.” Jones Sr. and Esther Mae Bomar Jones, was born on August 7, 1941, in Peach Orchard, Missouri, and departed this life on September 9, 2022, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 81 years.

Mr. Jones was a former farmer and a resident of Essex, Missouri. He was an avid hunter and enjoyed gardening. He enjoyed spending time at the M-N-P in Essex drinking coffee with his friends.

He is survived by two sons, Shannon Jones and wife Cindy of Sikeston, Missouri, and Shane Jones and wife Tracy of East Prairie, Missouri; by his daughter, Sherry Jones Myers of Essex, Missouri; by two brothers, Ardeth Jones Jr. of Leora, Missouri and Reuben Jones of Leora, Missouri; by his sister, Ina Mae Winstead of Jackson, Missouri; by six grandchildren, Whitney Hull, Gavin Jones, Kyle Montgomery, Tristan Montgomery, Amber Clark, and Ethan Jones; and by four great-grandchildren, Benson Walker Jones, Aedan Clark, Elizabeth Clark, and Hunter Clark.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Francis Thompson, and Carolyn Otwell.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, September 17, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery in Essex, Missouri.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.