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John Alexander Burgess

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John Alexander Burgess

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21 Dec 1938 (aged 64)
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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John Alexander Burgess, 64, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died at a hospital on Wednesday night, December 21, 1938.

Son of the late Adolphus Elijah Burgess (1850–1921) and Celia Caroline Green (1850–1929); husband of Lillie Dixon Burgess (1886–1971).

Survivors include his, daughter, Bernice Evelyn Burgess Renfro (1922-1991); sons, Haskell Manning Burgess (1915–1960), Otis Carlyle Burgess (1916-1994), Broadus Troy Burgess (1920-2016), and Maurice Wilburn Burgess (1925-2015); 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Also predeceased by his sisters, Alice B. Guthrie; and Janie B. Whitlock; brothers, Eliphus Lige Burgess (1880–1951), F.W. Burgess, and W.F. Burgess.

Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, December 24, 1938, at Brown's Chapel by Rev. John L. Painter and Rev. W.T. Tate; burial in the churchyard.

Spartanburg Herald
12/23/1938, page 5
John Alexander Burgess, 64, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died at a hospital on Wednesday night, December 21, 1938.

Son of the late Adolphus Elijah Burgess (1850–1921) and Celia Caroline Green (1850–1929); husband of Lillie Dixon Burgess (1886–1971).

Survivors include his, daughter, Bernice Evelyn Burgess Renfro (1922-1991); sons, Haskell Manning Burgess (1915–1960), Otis Carlyle Burgess (1916-1994), Broadus Troy Burgess (1920-2016), and Maurice Wilburn Burgess (1925-2015); 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Also predeceased by his sisters, Alice B. Guthrie; and Janie B. Whitlock; brothers, Eliphus Lige Burgess (1880–1951), F.W. Burgess, and W.F. Burgess.

Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, December 24, 1938, at Brown's Chapel by Rev. John L. Painter and Rev. W.T. Tate; burial in the churchyard.

Spartanburg Herald
12/23/1938, page 5


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