Rex Jeffers graduated from Chuckey High School in 1937. He received his funeral directing and embalming license from Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science in 1939. Mr. Jeffers is a former board member of the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association. He was a member of the Shriners, Scottish Right, Masons, and the Kiwanis Club. He and Helen were members at Trinity United Methodist Church and had two children, Richard and Sharon, six grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren.