Charles Leroy Myers, son of the late John Richard Myers and Ruby Burke Myers, was born on June 10, 1947, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on January 10, 2023, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75 years.

Mr. Myers was a Veteran of the United States Army. He was a former employee of Dexter Ag in Dexter, Missouri. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he loved playing with his grandchildren.

On February 5, 1988, in Dexter, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Barbara McIntyre. Mrs. Myers survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Paul Umfleet of Hayti, Missouri, and Kevin Umfleet of Delphos, Ohio; by his daughter, Tonya Myers Braden of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; by two sisters, Ruth Morgan of Dexter, Missouri, and Carolyn Sue Davis of Bloomfield, Missouri; by eight grandchildren, Tyler Carillo, Skylar Travis, Dustin Braden, Dalton Umfleet, Jordann Hamami, Katie Lovell and husband Layton, Justin Umfleet and wife Shelbie, and Kyla Davis; and by six great-grandchildren, Javian, Asher, Roman, August, Brylee, and Arlow.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, John R. Myers Jr., Marion “Bud” Myers, and James Dale Myers; by his sister, Dora Ann May; by his son-in-law, Eric Braden; and by two great-grandchildren, Bryson Umfleet, and Averleigh Umfleet.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, January 12, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, January 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Rick Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Memorials may be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home, PO Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.