Jesse Ray Blanks

Jesse Ray Blanks, the son of Ronda Daugherty Blanks and Rudy Corpus, Warren B. Letts and Lesa Letts and Roger and Kim Blanks, was born October 10, 1981 at Independence, Iowa and passed away on Highway TT near Summersville, Missouri on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at the age of 38 years, 7 months and 3 days.

Jesse was saved and baptized as a teenager at the Eunice Baptist Church in Eunice, Missouri. While living in Illinois he redevoted his life to God and was attending Church regularly there and also attended in Raymondville, Missouri.

Jesse loved everyone wholeheartedly and would do anything for anyone. He always put others first. He loved spending time with his kids and his family and friends. Jesse loved going fishing, hunting, riding his motorcycle, working on cars, swimming, camping and arrowhead hunting. He was a jokester and loved to have fun an also loved to make people laugh.

He was preceded in death by, his dad, Warren B. Letts; dad number four, Grady O. Jones Sr.; great-grandmas, Chrissy Curler Letts and Lottie Smith; grandpas, Clyde Letts, Freddie Daugherty, Leonard Blum and Clayton Blanks; uncles, Ronnie Rich, Frank Letts, Rusty Daugherty, and Tim Smith; aunt, Dawn Letts; and nieces, Cory Joe Blanks, Dessa Louise Blanks and an infant niece.

Jesse is survived by his parents, mother Ronda Blanks(Rudy Corpus) of Summersville, MO, mom number 2, Lesa Letts of Elgin, IA, dad number three, Roger L.(Kim) Blanks of Winona, and dad number 2, Dale L. Robinson of Blytheville, AR; the mothers of his children, Sherry Hughes of Raymondville, MO and April Copeland of Willow Springs, MO; his children, Kody (Alyssa) Morgan of Houston, MO, Austin Morgan of Thayer, MO, Saydie Hughes of Raymondville, MO, Shaysa Blanks of Raymondville, MO, Aaron Copeland of Willow Springs, MO, and Kason Copeland of Willow Springs, MO; four grandchildren, Mathew, Alexander, Ezra and McKinley; his brothers, Warren (Sondra) Blanks of Summersville, MO; Kyle (Melissa Robinson) of Summersville, MO, Scott Smith of Springfield, MO Bubba Grady (Samantha Peppers) Jones Jr. of Trout, LA, Kendel, Jeffery, Anthony and Brandon Blanks all of Winona, MO; his sisters, Patricia (James Leyer) Mahan of Summersville, MO, Chaeronia (Brent Wilson) Watson of Pekin, IL, Allysia (William Watson) Mahan of Summersville, MO, Jessica Pannell of Monett, AR, Amber and Evelyn Blanks of Winona, MO; grandma Shirley Daugherty of Summersville, MO, grandma, Mary Jane Blanks Buckner of Winona, MO, grandpa and grandma Goeke of Masonville, IA, grandma Jacque J. Letts of Winthrop, IA and grandma Mary Daugherty of Diggins, MO; two close cousins, Krystal and Chris Daugherty of Summersville, MO; Jesse also had 19 nephews, 10 nieces and 1 due in July as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins and multiple friends that he also leaves behind.

He will be sadly missed by everyone that knew and loved him.