Dorris 'Red' Huey

Dorris "Red" A. Huey, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at Southeast Hospital.

He was born Nov. 22, 1928, in Blodgett, Missouri, son of Simon P. and Elsie Jennings Huey. He married his best friend, Mavis Carter, on March 6, 1948, in Chaffee, Missouri. She passed away Feb. 1, 2006.

Red grew up in a farming family and had a paper route in Chaffee, where he was proud of the fact he knew every family in town. He graduated from Chaffee High School, where he excelled in sports -- baseball, football and basketball. Due to his formidable athletic ability, he was known as the "Wild Horse of the Osage."

He spent several years working for Frito-Lay as a district manager and many years in the grocery industry. After retirement, he and Mavis volunteered full time with the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board. They spent three years in New York City, volunteering in prisons and hospitals with the Inner City Baptist Association. They also volunteered for 15 years in Cherokee, North Carolina, at the local Indian reservation and with the Navajo Indian Reservation in Farmington, New Mexico.

Additionally, he and Mavis worked with Gideons International.

He was a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, as well as an avid sports fan.

Loving survivors include two daughters, Sherry Lynne (Wayne) Pressley of Jackson and Jana Leigh (Jim) Saxon of Independence, Missouri; a sister, Faye Sanders of Chaffee; and a brother, Ray Huey of Madison, Illinois.

Also surviving are three grandchildren, Jamie Leigh Saxon of Independence, Jared Allen (Syrena) Saxon of Lee's Summit, Missouri, and Sarah Lynn (Andrew) Thompson of Cape Girardeau; and four great-grandchildren, Greyson, Isaiah "Otis" and Molly Saxon and Rowan Thompson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and five brothers, Emerson, Emit, Joe, Simon and Dennis Huey.

Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with pastor Larry Salmon officiating. Interment will be at a later date in Bollinger County Memorial Park in Marble Hill, Missouri.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Gideons International at www.gideons.org or Lynwood Baptist Church for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

Online condolence messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.