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Jerry Lee Seabaugh was born October 4, 1937 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to the late Paul & Ethel Seabaugh and passed away on February 23, 2026 in Conroe, Texas at the age of 88 years old.
Jerry was a 1955 graduate of Bloomfield High School and a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served four years before his honorable discharge in October of 1962. After his discharge, Jerry began a lifelong career as an over-the-road truck driver with his dad Paul, and then an owner-operator himself. He spent over forty-five years driving his trucks in every state of the continental US. He was a retired Teamster and loved his trucking life.
Jerry is survived by his three sons, Jerry Lynn Seabaugh (Dinah) of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Chris Seabaugh (Billie Jo, deceased) of St. Joseph, and Jeffery Michuel Melton (Julie) of Cleveland, Texas and a daughter, Tammi Babcock (Paul) of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; ten grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and his brother, Don Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
A graveside service will be held Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.
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