David Jim Estes, age 74, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 4:17 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Mt. Vernon. He was born August 10, 1944, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the son of Otis and Mary (Powers) Estes.
David was a graduate of the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri and was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran serving during the Vietnam Era. He was the owner of Estes Cartridge Recycling and was a member of the Mt. Vernon First Presbyterian Church.
On October 19, 1963, he married Sherry Neill, in Clovis, New Mexico.
David is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sherry; two sons, Martin Estes and his wife, Deanna, Shane Estes and his wife, Tracey, all of Mt. Vernon; one daughter, Angie Butler, and her husband, Brandon, of Mt. Vernon; three sisters, Diane Woodington of Lincoln, Missouri; Carolyn Freeman of Coral Gables, Florida and Leslie Ochsenbein of Tipton Ford, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Nat Wachowski-Estes, Megan Calvert, Elisa, Marissa and Gracie Estes, Kendall and Quinn Butler; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
David was preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Mary and two grandchildren, Whitney Estes and Gabriel Butler.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00–8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in the funeral home chapel.
Online condolences may be shared at www.FossettMosherFuneralHome.com.
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