Mr. Burks died Aug. 1, 2006, in a Pittsburg hospital.
He was born Feb. 2, 1937, in Ben Wheeler to the late Allie Lee and Irene Guthery Burks. He was a self-employed brick layer for 40 years and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlene Burks on Nov. 17, 2004, and son, Cecil Roy Burks.
Survivors include sons, Jerald Burks and Tommy Burks, both of Winnsboro, and Rickey Burks, Tyler; brothers, Sherwood Burks, Franklin, and Billy Burks, Kennedale; sisters, Vita Mae McIntire, Durant, Okla., Leone Farmer, Frankston, and Betty Sue Del, Baytown; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on Aug. 3, 2006
Mr. Burks died Aug. 1, 2006, in a Pittsburg hospital.
He was born Feb. 2, 1937, in Ben Wheeler to the late Allie Lee and Irene Guthery Burks. He was a self-employed brick layer for 40 years and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlene Burks on Nov. 17, 2004, and son, Cecil Roy Burks.
Survivors include sons, Jerald Burks and Tommy Burks, both of Winnsboro, and Rickey Burks, Tyler; brothers, Sherwood Burks, Franklin, and Billy Burks, Kennedale; sisters, Vita Mae McIntire, Durant, Okla., Leone Farmer, Frankston, and Betty Sue Del, Baytown; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on Aug. 3, 2006
Family Members
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A. C. Burks
1922–1923
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Anita Burks Sellers
1926–2005
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Leone Burks Folmar
1927 – unknown
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Mary Elouise Burks Gardner
1929–2004
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Allie Lee "A L" Burks Jr
1930–2003
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James Eldred Burks
1933–1991
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Doris LaFay Burks
1935–1942
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George Carrolton Burks
1939–2000
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Leon Burks
1942–1942
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Don Sherwood Burks
1945–2017
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Betty Sue Burks Deel
1946–2016
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