Judith Suzanne Heaton, daughter of the late JT Smith and Helen Johnson Weeks, was born on September 24, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and departed this life on June 13, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 75 years.

Mrs. Heaton was a former secretary for WW Wood Products in Dudley, Missouri and she was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. She was a very good cook.

On June 11, 1966, in East Prairie, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Harold Heaton. Mr. Heaton preceded her in death on March 29, 2015.

She is survived by three sons, Brad Heaton, Todd Heaton and Larry Heaton, all of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her daughter, Monica Heaton of Dexter, Missouri, by her step-daughter, Angela Myers of Barstow, California; by four grandchildren, Alan Heaton, Michael Hollifield, Brannon Heaton, and Lynden Heaton; and by one great-grandchild.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Larry Smith and Donnie Smith.

No services are planned.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.