Born April 16, 1949, in Charleston, son of Frances Helen Metheny Hart and the late Richard Joseph Hart, he was a maintenance man for the Town and Country Supermarket chain of Fredericktown and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
In addition to his mother, survivors include: three daughters, Lisa Sprous and Gina Hart of Sikeston and Elesha Williamson of Dexter; three brothers, Larry Hart and David Hart of Charleston and Mike Hart of Berkburnett, Texas; two sisters, Judy Hart of Pembroke, Ky., and Jean Choate of Crown Point, Ind.; and three grandchildren.
Preceding him in death in addition to his father were one brother, Richard Lee Hart; one sister, Frances Cooper; and one granddaughter.
Visitation is after noon Tuesday at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Oak Grove Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Missouri Funeral Honors Program.
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