James Ralph “Jay” Sommers, son of the late James Russell Sommers and Vesta Jane Macom Sommers, was born on September 22, 1937 in Jerusalem, Arkansas and departed this life on March 7, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 77.

Mr. Sommers had worked as a farmer and was a resident of Puxico.

On July 4, 1959, he was united in marriage to Nelladene Pinkard.  Mrs. Sommers preceded him in death on October 9, 1978.

He is survived by two daughters, Jane “Janie” Sommers of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and Janice Sommers of Williamsville, Missouri; by one brother, Francis Sommers of Puxico, Missouri; by one sister, Louise Chappel of Poplar Bluff; by three grandchildren, James Patrick McCarty of Jefferson City, Missouri, Daniel Francis McCarty of Warrensburg, Missouri and Emily Eileen McCarty of Williamsville, Missouri; and by one great-grandson, James Patrick “Jay” McCarty, Jr. of Jefferson City, Missouri.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Alfred Sommers and by one sister, Veldena Bradish.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:45 P.M. 

A graveside service will be conducted on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at Hagy Cemetery in Dexter.  Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.