James Dewey Gayer

James Dewey Gayer, 88, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the Lacoba Nursing Home in Monett. He was born April 7, 1933, in Miller, the son of Lem and Elsie (Adcock) Gayer.
Gayer was a 1952 graduate of Miller High School in Miller. He was a United States Army veteran and a dairy and beef cattle farmer.
On Feb. 14, 1956, he married Betty Ann Noltensmeyer in Mt. Vernon. She preceded him in death on Oct. 21, 2020.
Gayer is survived by two sons, Anthony Gayer of Muskogee, Okla. and David Gayer and his wife Thuy, of Benton, Kan.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Linda Duncan of Red Oak, Texas and Neva Polizzi (Duke), of Petaluma, Calif. and several nieces and nephews.
Gayer was preceded in death by his parents, Lem, and Elsie; wife, Betty; two brothers, Kenneth Gayer and his wife, Barbara, and Keith Gayer and his wife, Mable; one sister, Betty Tunnell and her husband, Blaine and brother-in-law, Wallace Noltensmeyer.
A graveside service, under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller, was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at the Shiloh Cemetery, north of Miller. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home.
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