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Boyd Burris Sr.

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Boyd Burris Sr.

Birth
Wingate, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Death
18 Dec 1961 (aged 69)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.6716333, Longitude: -96.8151472
Plot
Section 45
Memorial ID
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Obituary:
Funeral services for Boyd Burris, 69, of Lancaster, a retired member of the Dallas fire department, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Covenant Church of Dallas, 806 W. Keist, with the Rev. J. A. Lovell, the Rev. W. J. Bratton, and the Rev. Lee Grady officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Mr. Burris died Monday at his home in Lancaster. He was born in Windgate, Ind., moved to Dallas in 1910 and lived here until moving to Lancaster in 1959. He joined the Dallas fire department in 1920 and retired in 1943. He was a member of the First Covenant Church of Dallas. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Homer Burris of Lancaster and Boyd Burris Jr., of Louisiana; two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Canada and Mrs. L. W. Thigpen of Dallas; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
~~~ Dallas Morning News, 20 Dec 1961
Obituary:
Funeral services for Boyd Burris, 69, of Lancaster, a retired member of the Dallas fire department, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Covenant Church of Dallas, 806 W. Keist, with the Rev. J. A. Lovell, the Rev. W. J. Bratton, and the Rev. Lee Grady officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Mr. Burris died Monday at his home in Lancaster. He was born in Windgate, Ind., moved to Dallas in 1910 and lived here until moving to Lancaster in 1959. He joined the Dallas fire department in 1920 and retired in 1943. He was a member of the First Covenant Church of Dallas. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Homer Burris of Lancaster and Boyd Burris Jr., of Louisiana; two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Canada and Mrs. L. W. Thigpen of Dallas; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
~~~ Dallas Morning News, 20 Dec 1961


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  • Maintained by: dare2dream
  • Originally Created by: Chris
  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63384300/boyd-burris: accessed ), memorial page for Boyd Burris Sr. (27 Dec 1891–18 Dec 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63384300, citing Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by dare2dream (contributor 48776535).