Jimmie Dwayne Ross, son of the late George F. Ross and Ruby Cook Ross, was born on October 10, 1943, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on October 27, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 79 years.

Mr. Ross was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam. He was a former employee of Jim Rogers Construction, the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department, and the Dexter Inn, and he was a resident of Dexter, Missouri.

On May 13, 1989, in Dexter, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Jean Pyle. Mrs. Ross survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his step-daughter, Joanne Tidwell of Dexter; by his brother, Donnie Ross of Dexter, by his sister, Sue Long and husband Charles of Dexter, and by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-daughter, Denise Evans Marcum.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, October 31, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, October 31, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Ronnie Stevens officiating.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.