Wrens, Georgia – Larry Gene Burke Sr., 72, loving husband to Rose Mary Prickett Burke, entered into eternal rest early Wednesday morning, October 14, 2020 at his son’s home in Wadley. Services to celebrate his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 17, 2020 in the James Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Roger Holley officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Matthews, Georgia.
The family will receive friends from noon until 2:00 P.M. at James Funeral Home prior to the services on Saturday.
Born to the late Emily Bragg Burke Lambert and Lester "Hines" Burke, he grew up in Millen as the eldest of seven children. He quit school at an early age to help support his family and eagerly learned trucking from his father. Larry worked at several service stations in the Augusta area, then worked a short while at Colonial Bakery before driving a truck 20 years for Lamb Brothers Lumber Company in Wrens. He then bought and drove his own truck until his health decline, a total of 40 years being a truck driver—a job in which he loved. After moving to Wrens, he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Wrens Baptist Church where he attended when job and health permitted. An occasional hunter, Larry was mostly a homebody. Growing up, he was a natural entertainer for his siblings and was said to “keep them straight”. A people person, he loved to make people laugh and wanted everyone content and happy. Larry loved his family unconditionally even though time and distance sometimes separated them from each other. No one can replace the void left by Larry, but his memories will live on in the hearts of those he left behind.
Other survivors include his children, Larry Gene Burke Jr. (Tina), Robert "Bobby" Burke (Angie), Michael Larry Burke (Melonie), Jeffrey Gene Burke, step-children, Jenny Gonsalves, Debra Coleman and Donna Johnson; six siblings, Gearldeen Burke, James Burke, Brenda Holland, Bernice Bragg (Rufus), Rickie Perryman and Elmer Lambert, Jr. (Nicole); 14 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Matt Bird, Donnie Gregory, Joseph Gregory, Christopher Headrick, Kevin Owens and Barrow Walden.
The family will receive friends from noon until 2:00 P.M. at James Funeral Home prior to the services on Saturday.
Born to the late Emily Bragg Burke Lambert and Lester "Hines" Burke, he grew up in Millen as the eldest of seven children. He quit school at an early age to help support his family and eagerly learned trucking from his father. Larry worked at several service stations in the Augusta area, then worked a short while at Colonial Bakery before driving a truck 20 years for Lamb Brothers Lumber Company in Wrens. He then bought and drove his own truck until his health decline, a total of 40 years being a truck driver—a job in which he loved. After moving to Wrens, he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Wrens Baptist Church where he attended when job and health permitted. An occasional hunter, Larry was mostly a homebody. Growing up, he was a natural entertainer for his siblings and was said to “keep them straight”. A people person, he loved to make people laugh and wanted everyone content and happy. Larry loved his family unconditionally even though time and distance sometimes separated them from each other. No one can replace the void left by Larry, but his memories will live on in the hearts of those he left behind.
Other survivors include his children, Larry Gene Burke Jr. (Tina), Robert "Bobby" Burke (Angie), Michael Larry Burke (Melonie), Jeffrey Gene Burke, step-children, Jenny Gonsalves, Debra Coleman and Donna Johnson; six siblings, Gearldeen Burke, James Burke, Brenda Holland, Bernice Bragg (Rufus), Rickie Perryman and Elmer Lambert, Jr. (Nicole); 14 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Matt Bird, Donnie Gregory, Joseph Gregory, Christopher Headrick, Kevin Owens and Barrow Walden.
Wrens, Georgia – Larry Gene Burke Sr., 72, loving husband to Rose Mary Prickett Burke, entered into eternal rest early Wednesday morning, October 14, 2020 at his son’s home in Wadley. Services to celebrate his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 17, 2020 in the James Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Roger Holley officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Matthews, Georgia.
The family will receive friends from noon until 2:00 P.M. at James Funeral Home prior to the services on Saturday.
Born to the late Emily Bragg Burke Lambert and Lester "Hines" Burke, he grew up in Millen as the eldest of seven children. He quit school at an early age to help support his family and eagerly learned trucking from his father. Larry worked at several service stations in the Augusta area, then worked a short while at Colonial Bakery before driving a truck 20 years for Lamb Brothers Lumber Company in Wrens. He then bought and drove his own truck until his health decline, a total of 40 years being a truck driver—a job in which he loved. After moving to Wrens, he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Wrens Baptist Church where he attended when job and health permitted. An occasional hunter, Larry was mostly a homebody. Growing up, he was a natural entertainer for his siblings and was said to “keep them straight”. A people person, he loved to make people laugh and wanted everyone content and happy. Larry loved his family unconditionally even though time and distance sometimes separated them from each other. No one can replace the void left by Larry, but his memories will live on in the hearts of those he left behind.
Other survivors include his children, Larry Gene Burke Jr. (Tina), Robert "Bobby" Burke (Angie), Michael Larry Burke (Melonie), Jeffrey Gene Burke, step-children, Jenny Gonsalves, Debra Coleman and Donna Johnson; six siblings, Gearldeen Burke, James Burke, Brenda Holland, Bernice Bragg (Rufus), Rickie Perryman and Elmer Lambert, Jr. (Nicole); 14 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Matt Bird, Donnie Gregory, Joseph Gregory, Christopher Headrick, Kevin Owens and Barrow Walden.
The family will receive friends from noon until 2:00 P.M. at James Funeral Home prior to the services on Saturday.
Born to the late Emily Bragg Burke Lambert and Lester "Hines" Burke, he grew up in Millen as the eldest of seven children. He quit school at an early age to help support his family and eagerly learned trucking from his father. Larry worked at several service stations in the Augusta area, then worked a short while at Colonial Bakery before driving a truck 20 years for Lamb Brothers Lumber Company in Wrens. He then bought and drove his own truck until his health decline, a total of 40 years being a truck driver—a job in which he loved. After moving to Wrens, he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Wrens Baptist Church where he attended when job and health permitted. An occasional hunter, Larry was mostly a homebody. Growing up, he was a natural entertainer for his siblings and was said to “keep them straight”. A people person, he loved to make people laugh and wanted everyone content and happy. Larry loved his family unconditionally even though time and distance sometimes separated them from each other. No one can replace the void left by Larry, but his memories will live on in the hearts of those he left behind.
Other survivors include his children, Larry Gene Burke Jr. (Tina), Robert "Bobby" Burke (Angie), Michael Larry Burke (Melonie), Jeffrey Gene Burke, step-children, Jenny Gonsalves, Debra Coleman and Donna Johnson; six siblings, Gearldeen Burke, James Burke, Brenda Holland, Bernice Bragg (Rufus), Rickie Perryman and Elmer Lambert, Jr. (Nicole); 14 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Matt Bird, Donnie Gregory, Joseph Gregory, Christopher Headrick, Kevin Owens and Barrow Walden.
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The gravesite is beside the road that encircles the cemetery. It is a small carved out area of woods.
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