Inis Jone Anthony, daughter of the late Eugene Hathaway and Geneva Davis Hathaway, was born November 20, 1942, in Powe, Missouri and departed this life on April 20, 2024, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 81.

Mrs. Anthony was a registered nurse for labor and delivery for over twenty years at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She attended the Word of Faith Church in Bernie, Missouri and was a resident of rural Dexter, Missouri.

On June 23, 1962, in Bernie, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Jimmie Wayne Anthony, Sr.   Mr. Anthony preceded her in death on December 4, 2016.

She is survived by her son, Jimmie Wayne Anthony, Jr. and wife Laura of Dexter, Missouri; by her daughter, Stacey Jean Ward and husband Brian of Leslie, Arkansas; by her sister, Susan Hartle and husband Dale of Bernie, Missouri; by seven grandchildren, Christopher Anthony (Rehenda), Brandi Anthony, Josh Anthony (Gabby), Connor Anthony, Danielle Morlan (Brandon), Westley Carter (Kayla) and Brittany Ward; by seven great-grandchildren, Selena Anthony, Zoe Anthony, Willow Anthony, Kyler Morlan, Noah Scott Morlan, Jensen Carter and Harrison Carter.

Other than her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Brian Scott Anthony.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday April 24, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Dale Hartle officiating. Interment will follow in the Gregory–Landcastor Cemetery in rural Dexter, Missouri.

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.