Dewayne Berl Acton, 74, of Dexter, MO, died Dec. 17, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Feb. 19, 1929, in Davis County, Iowa, son of Faye Tracy Acton and the late Elder Walter P. Acton, he was a member of the Southwest Church of the Nazarene in Dexter. A former truck driver and mechanic with Malone and Hyde in Sikeston, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
On June 7, 1950, at Harrisburg, Ark., he married Vera Louise McCullough who preceded him in death on Feb. 1, 1964. He and Shirley Ann DeArman were married Dec. 24, 1964, at Dexter and she died Sept. 28, 1995.
On June 15, 1996, at Dexter, he married Betty Denkins Reynolds who survives of the home.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include: four sons, Terry Acton, Randy Acton, Rick Acton and Tony Acton; five daughters, Roxanna Reynolds, Rita Summers, Sherry Moore, Rosalie Howe and Rhonda Anderson; three stepsons, Ron Reynolds, Don Reynolds and Rick Reynolds; 14 grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Rena Kay Acton; and two grandchildren, Janie Arnold and Nicole Suzanne Acton.
Visitation was held at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services were also scheduled. The Rev. Gerald Beam officiated.
Burial followed in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield.
December 19, 2003 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Born Feb. 19, 1929, in Davis County, Iowa, son of Faye Tracy Acton and the late Elder Walter P. Acton, he was a member of the Southwest Church of the Nazarene in Dexter. A former truck driver and mechanic with Malone and Hyde in Sikeston, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
On June 7, 1950, at Harrisburg, Ark., he married Vera Louise McCullough who preceded him in death on Feb. 1, 1964. He and Shirley Ann DeArman were married Dec. 24, 1964, at Dexter and she died Sept. 28, 1995.
On June 15, 1996, at Dexter, he married Betty Denkins Reynolds who survives of the home.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include: four sons, Terry Acton, Randy Acton, Rick Acton and Tony Acton; five daughters, Roxanna Reynolds, Rita Summers, Sherry Moore, Rosalie Howe and Rhonda Anderson; three stepsons, Ron Reynolds, Don Reynolds and Rick Reynolds; 14 grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Rena Kay Acton; and two grandchildren, Janie Arnold and Nicole Suzanne Acton.
Visitation was held at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services were also scheduled. The Rev. Gerald Beam officiated.
Burial followed in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield.
December 19, 2003 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Dewayne Berl Acton, 74, of Dexter, MO, died Dec. 17, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Feb. 19, 1929, in Davis County, Iowa, son of Faye Tracy Acton and the late Elder Walter P. Acton, he was a member of the Southwest Church of the Nazarene in Dexter. A former truck driver and mechanic with Malone and Hyde in Sikeston, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
On June 7, 1950, at Harrisburg, Ark., he married Vera Louise McCullough who preceded him in death on Feb. 1, 1964. He and Shirley Ann DeArman were married Dec. 24, 1964, at Dexter and she died Sept. 28, 1995.
On June 15, 1996, at Dexter, he married Betty Denkins Reynolds who survives of the home.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include: four sons, Terry Acton, Randy Acton, Rick Acton and Tony Acton; five daughters, Roxanna Reynolds, Rita Summers, Sherry Moore, Rosalie Howe and Rhonda Anderson; three stepsons, Ron Reynolds, Don Reynolds and Rick Reynolds; 14 grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Rena Kay Acton; and two grandchildren, Janie Arnold and Nicole Suzanne Acton.
Visitation was held at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services were also scheduled. The Rev. Gerald Beam officiated.
Burial followed in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield.
December 19, 2003 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Born Feb. 19, 1929, in Davis County, Iowa, son of Faye Tracy Acton and the late Elder Walter P. Acton, he was a member of the Southwest Church of the Nazarene in Dexter. A former truck driver and mechanic with Malone and Hyde in Sikeston, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
On June 7, 1950, at Harrisburg, Ark., he married Vera Louise McCullough who preceded him in death on Feb. 1, 1964. He and Shirley Ann DeArman were married Dec. 24, 1964, at Dexter and she died Sept. 28, 1995.
On June 15, 1996, at Dexter, he married Betty Denkins Reynolds who survives of the home.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include: four sons, Terry Acton, Randy Acton, Rick Acton and Tony Acton; five daughters, Roxanna Reynolds, Rita Summers, Sherry Moore, Rosalie Howe and Rhonda Anderson; three stepsons, Ron Reynolds, Don Reynolds and Rick Reynolds; 14 grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Rena Kay Acton; and two grandchildren, Janie Arnold and Nicole Suzanne Acton.
Visitation was held at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services were also scheduled. The Rev. Gerald Beam officiated.
Burial followed in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield.
December 19, 2003 Sikeston Standard Democrat
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