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Harry Marshall Burgess

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Harry Marshall Burgess Veteran

Birth
Gracey, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Death
9 Dec 1990 (aged 77)
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Gracey, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Kentucky New Era obit posted 12/10/1990 reads as follows:

Harry Marshall Burgess, 77, of 11150 Buffalo Road, Gracey, died at 8:22 am Sunday at Jennie Stuart Medical Center after a long illness.

Services will be at 2pm Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Rev. Hal Shipley officiating, and burial in Lander Cemetery, Gracey.

Visitation will be from 5-8 tonight at the funeral home.

A Gracey native, he was born Aug. 9, 1913, son of the late George J. and Minnie Cox Burgess. He was a member of Buffalo Lick Baptist Church, Cadiz, where he was song leader for 50 years. In addition, he was a retired self-employed farmer, an Army veteran of World War II and a recipient of the Purple Heart. An infant son, Jerry Douglas Burgess, died in 1937.

Survivors include his wife, Ella Henry Lander Burgess; a son, Ronald Kent "Buddy" Burgess, Dawson Springs; a daughter, Sylvia Diane Morgan, Arlington Heights, Ill.; and for grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era obit posted 12/10/1990 reads as follows:

Harry Marshall Burgess, 77, of 11150 Buffalo Road, Gracey, died at 8:22 am Sunday at Jennie Stuart Medical Center after a long illness.

Services will be at 2pm Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Rev. Hal Shipley officiating, and burial in Lander Cemetery, Gracey.

Visitation will be from 5-8 tonight at the funeral home.

A Gracey native, he was born Aug. 9, 1913, son of the late George J. and Minnie Cox Burgess. He was a member of Buffalo Lick Baptist Church, Cadiz, where he was song leader for 50 years. In addition, he was a retired self-employed farmer, an Army veteran of World War II and a recipient of the Purple Heart. An infant son, Jerry Douglas Burgess, died in 1937.

Survivors include his wife, Ella Henry Lander Burgess; a son, Ronald Kent "Buddy" Burgess, Dawson Springs; a daughter, Sylvia Diane Morgan, Arlington Heights, Ill.; and for grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Gravesite Details

Husband of Ella H. Lander Burgess; Married 2/13/1950



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