Ross Eric Daniel, son of Don Daniel and Donna Baker Daniel of Essex, Missouri, was born on May 29, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on February 11, 2023, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 55 years.

Mr. Daniel was a shop manager for Tuley Farm and Home in Dexter, Missouri and he took care of Essex Cemetery. He was a former police officer for the Dexter Police Department, and while working for Dexter he helped design their badge. At the age of 16 he was a dispatcher for the Stoddard County Sheriff’s department and at that time he was the youngest person to have those qualifications in the State of Missouri. He was also a former employee of JP Ross Cotton Company. He was a member of the Assembly Church in Bloomfield, Missouri and the Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter, Missouri.

On June 13, 2014, in Essex, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Laura Bucy. Mrs. Daniel survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by his son, Clayton Daniel and wife Brooke of Essex, Missouri; by his daughter, Chelsie Eaton and husband Ben of Essex, Missouri; and by their mother, Kathy Lemmons Daniel of Dexter, Missouri; and by two sons, Jared Morgan and his fiancé, Lauren Schlotman of Burbank, California, and Ethan Morgan and wife Rachel of Hendersonville, North Carolina; by his daughter, Erica Hernandez and husband Peter of Yuma, Arizona; by eight grandchildren, Dayton Daniel, Averie Daniel, Alesia Bailey and husband Ridley, Carter Eaton, Lily Eaton, Kadie Morgan, Elijah Morgan, and Addelynn Morgan; and by his great-grandson, Raymond Bailey.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Latricia Ann Summers.

Graveside services will be conducted at the Old Essex Cemetery on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Kent Miller and Rev. Dwight Hensley officiating.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.