Danny Lee Estes, son of the late Hershel “Bake” Estes and Lanora C. Wammack Estes, was born on February 18, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on May 31, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Stoddard in Dexter Missouri, at the age of 77 years.

Mr. Estes was a Veteran of the United States Army serving in Vietnam. He was a former landscaper for Hardaway Coats in Nashville, Tennessee and a resident of Dexter, Missouri.

He is survived by his daughter, Katina Marshall and husband Robert of Sikeston, Missouri; by his sister Pat Estes of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois; by his grandson, Landon Estes; and by his niece, Anita Eddy.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, June 5, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, June 5,2025, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Dale Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.