James Bledsoe

James Bledsoe, son of the late Wesley Hugh and Martha Adeline "Addie" Clayton Bledsoe, was born in Marmaduke, Arkansas on September 12, 1925, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Missouri on July 25, 2013, at the age of 87 years, 10 months and 12 days. Mr. Bledsoe had lived most of his life in Dexter, Missouri. He had worked at Brown Sand & Gravel before he retired. He was a member of the Ark of Hope Church in Dexter. On July 30, 1961 he was married to Dorothy Mae Wood in Pigott, Arkansas. Surviving are four daughters, Charlene Peterson of Chicago, Illinois, Sandra Bledsoe of Chicago, Illinois, Debra Morse of Dexter, Missouri, and Nelda Poeppelmeyer of Bloomfield, Missouri; five grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; one brother, Remble Bledsoe of Advance, Missouri; one sister, Margie Anthony of Dexter, Missouri. Other relatives and friends survive. He was preceded in death by one son, Cecil Robbins; one daughter, Connie Robbins; one grandson, Stephen Jones; two sisters, Rhoda Jane White and Betty Jo Maddox; and three brothers, Murel, Earl, and Robie Bledsoe. Friends may call from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013, at 11:00 A.M. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri with Bishop Ronnie Webb of Poplar Bluff, Missouri officiating. Interment will follow in the Caroline Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri in charge of all arrangements.