Norris “Bud” Temples Jr., son of the late Norris Temples Sr. and Lucille Thrower Temples, was born on May 28, 1938, in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life on January 1, 2025, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 86 years.

Mr. Temples was a Veteran of the United States Army. He was the former owner of Temples Auction Service and a former Stoddard County Presiding Commissioner. He was a member of Wings of Mercy Church in Dudley, Missouri, and a resident of Dudley.

On October 30, 1964, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Shirley Ann Shipman. Mrs. Temples preceded him in death on July 16, 2006.

He is survived by his son, Aaron Lee Temples of Dexter, Missouri; by two brothers, Clifford Temples and wife Jo of Dudley, Missouri, and Gary Temples and wife Terry of Dexter, Missouri; by his sister, Carolyn Sue Sadler and husband Alvin of St. Charles, Missouri; by two grandsons, Jamie Durham and Josh Durham; by five great-granddaughters, Destiny Durham (CJ Greene), Alexis Durham (Marcellus Fleming), Zoey Durham, Heidi Durham, and Aubrey Camden, and by his great-great granddaughter, Harmony Fleming.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by three sons, Ronald D. Temples, Darren Len Temples and Donald Lee Temples; and by two sisters, Barbara Taylor and Lorene Brown.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, January 9, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.