JERE M. BURGESS
August 5, 1882 ~ October 25, 1974
COOKEVILLE- Services were held Sunday in the chapel of Whitson Funeral Home for Jere M. Burgess, 92, of Tennessee.
Johnnie Fox and Charles Burgess officiated at the services, and interment was in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess, a retired employee of Tennessee Handle Company, passed away October 25, after an extended illness.
He was a native of Jackson County, Tennessee, and the son of Thomas Burgess and Lucinda Dockery Burgess.
He is survived by his wife Celina Pippin Burgess of Tennessee; three sons; Haskell, Edward Burgess and Willard Burgess of Tennessee;
four daughters, Mrs. Burton Fox,
Mrs. Olee Chaffin, and
Mrs. J.D. Goodwin, all of Tennessee and Mrs. Robert Birdwell Tennessee;
30 grandchildren,
48 great-grandchildren and a
great-great grandchild.
Source: Printed September 9, 1974 in the Herald-Citizen, a newspaper printed in Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee.
JERE M. BURGESS
August 5, 1882 ~ October 25, 1974
COOKEVILLE- Services were held Sunday in the chapel of Whitson Funeral Home for Jere M. Burgess, 92, of Tennessee.
Johnnie Fox and Charles Burgess officiated at the services, and interment was in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess, a retired employee of Tennessee Handle Company, passed away October 25, after an extended illness.
He was a native of Jackson County, Tennessee, and the son of Thomas Burgess and Lucinda Dockery Burgess.
He is survived by his wife Celina Pippin Burgess of Tennessee; three sons; Haskell, Edward Burgess and Willard Burgess of Tennessee;
four daughters, Mrs. Burton Fox,
Mrs. Olee Chaffin, and
Mrs. J.D. Goodwin, all of Tennessee and Mrs. Robert Birdwell Tennessee;
30 grandchildren,
48 great-grandchildren and a
great-great grandchild.
Source: Printed September 9, 1974 in the Herald-Citizen, a newspaper printed in Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee.
Family Members
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Minnie Lee Burgess Flatt
1909–1947
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Essie Cleo Burgess Fox
1911–1984
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Haskell D Burgess
1914–2004
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Maggie Lou Burgess Birdwell
1916–1998
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Ina Estelle Burgess
1918–1919
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Nellie Ann Burgess Chaffin
1920–1994
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Edward Burgess
1927–2001
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Willard Carl "Bootie" Burgess
1932–2004
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Jessie Edith Burgess Goodwin
1934–2003
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