Oretta M. Burgess of Marmet, formerly of Bloomingrose, W.Va., and Ripley, W.Va., died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at the Beverly Health Care Center, Glasgow, W.Va., after a long illness.
She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Boone County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Dick and Rosa Lee PETTRY Toney.
She was a member of the Healing Stream Baptist church, Seth, W.Va.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Stewart Burgess; three sons, Emil Lee Burgess, Gene Burgess, and Paul Burgess; a sister, Edith Roe; brothers, Robert, Wilburt, and Homer Toney; a granddaughter, Dianna Jones.
Oretta is survived by two sisters, Grace Dial of N.M., and Betty Taylor of Ripley, W.Va.; grandsons, David E. Burgess of Hernshaw, W.Va., and Emil E. Burgess of Marmet; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and fourteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Boone County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Dick and Rosa Lee PETTRY Toney.
She was a member of the Healing Stream Baptist church, Seth, W.Va.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Stewart Burgess; three sons, Emil Lee Burgess, Gene Burgess, and Paul Burgess; a sister, Edith Roe; brothers, Robert, Wilburt, and Homer Toney; a granddaughter, Dianna Jones.
Oretta is survived by two sisters, Grace Dial of N.M., and Betty Taylor of Ripley, W.Va.; grandsons, David E. Burgess of Hernshaw, W.Va., and Emil E. Burgess of Marmet; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and fourteen great-great-grandchildren.
Oretta M. Burgess of Marmet, formerly of Bloomingrose, W.Va., and Ripley, W.Va., died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at the Beverly Health Care Center, Glasgow, W.Va., after a long illness.
She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Boone County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Dick and Rosa Lee PETTRY Toney.
She was a member of the Healing Stream Baptist church, Seth, W.Va.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Stewart Burgess; three sons, Emil Lee Burgess, Gene Burgess, and Paul Burgess; a sister, Edith Roe; brothers, Robert, Wilburt, and Homer Toney; a granddaughter, Dianna Jones.
Oretta is survived by two sisters, Grace Dial of N.M., and Betty Taylor of Ripley, W.Va.; grandsons, David E. Burgess of Hernshaw, W.Va., and Emil E. Burgess of Marmet; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and fourteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Boone County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Dick and Rosa Lee PETTRY Toney.
She was a member of the Healing Stream Baptist church, Seth, W.Va.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Stewart Burgess; three sons, Emil Lee Burgess, Gene Burgess, and Paul Burgess; a sister, Edith Roe; brothers, Robert, Wilburt, and Homer Toney; a granddaughter, Dianna Jones.
Oretta is survived by two sisters, Grace Dial of N.M., and Betty Taylor of Ripley, W.Va.; grandsons, David E. Burgess of Hernshaw, W.Va., and Emil E. Burgess of Marmet; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and fourteen great-great-grandchildren.
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