Initially it was thought that although severely burned, she would survive. Her mother and father stayed with her during the night, and she passed away in the morning of June 4, 1913.
In the photos at left, Arkie is pictured with her younger sister Ocie. All the family photos of the sisters show them together. Ocie Myrtis Burris died at the age of 9 in 1910.
Initially it was thought that although severely burned, she would survive. Her mother and father stayed with her during the night, and she passed away in the morning of June 4, 1913.
In the photos at left, Arkie is pictured with her younger sister Ocie. All the family photos of the sisters show them together. Ocie Myrtis Burris died at the age of 9 in 1910.
Family Members
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Richard Benjamin Burris
1878–1944
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Ernest Arthur Burris
1880–1952
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Walter Monroe Burris
1882–1968
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Dora Emma Burris Crites
1885–1982
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William Homer Burris
1887–1974
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Infant Son Burris
1889–1889
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George Washington "Wash" Burris Jr
1890–1974
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Ottis Gileston Burris
1893–1979
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James Thomas Burris
1895–1895
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Ella Rea Burris
1896–1899
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Ocie Myrtis Burris
1901–1910
