Esther J. Burns, daughter of the late Raymond Bugbee and Mary Hillmon Bugbee, was born on September 8, 1930 in Flint, Michigan and departed this life on June 2, 2015 at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter at the age of 84.

Mrs. Burns was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield and a resident of Dexter.  She had worked at Elders Manufacturing Company in Dexter as an inspector and as a union secretary.

She is survived by one daughter, Mary Lummus and her husband Al of Jackson, Missouri; by two sisters, Patricia Johnson of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and Lorraine Grovenor of Florida; by four grandchildren, Richard Burns, Kenneth Burns, Christa Null and Linda Mitchell; and by several great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Lee Burns; by one daughter, Carol Jean Rice; by two brothers, Tom Bugbee and Marvin Bugbee; and by two grandchildren, Patrick Rice and Jonathan Rice.

Friends may call at the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will follow at the Assembly of God Church at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Dwight Hensley officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.