Mr. Burke was a retired diesel mechanic foreman and had been employed by Temple Eastex and Texas Southeastern Railroad for 34 years. He had lived in Diboll for 36 years and had been a volunteer fireman with the Diboll Volunteer Fire Department for 30 years. He was a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church.
Father: Francis Marion Burke
Mother: Emma Frances Jane Neal
Married Iva Mae Yates in 1926
Survivors: wife, Iva Yates Burke; Son, James; daughter, Dorothy Ford; brother, Clarence; half-sisters, Dollie Williams and Thelma Purdue; half-brother, R.B.; granddaughters, Gloria Cooper, Doris Crawford and Wanda Moody; grandsons, Jimmy and James Ford; 13 grandchildren.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
Mr. Burke was a retired diesel mechanic foreman and had been employed by Temple Eastex and Texas Southeastern Railroad for 34 years. He had lived in Diboll for 36 years and had been a volunteer fireman with the Diboll Volunteer Fire Department for 30 years. He was a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church.
Father: Francis Marion Burke
Mother: Emma Frances Jane Neal
Married Iva Mae Yates in 1926
Survivors: wife, Iva Yates Burke; Son, James; daughter, Dorothy Ford; brother, Clarence; half-sisters, Dollie Williams and Thelma Purdue; half-brother, R.B.; granddaughters, Gloria Cooper, Doris Crawford and Wanda Moody; grandsons, Jimmy and James Ford; 13 grandchildren.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
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