George Rex Burris, 79, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Happy. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St.
George was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Becton to Ira and Etta Burris. He attended 13 different schools and graduated from Happy High School in 1954. George served two years in the Army during the Korean War, where he guided the first Nike missiles. George loved supporting God’s missions; he drilled water wells in India and dedicated it to his parents. He helped Russian Jews to Israel, he supported the orphans in Israel and the Indian school in South Dakota.
George was a man of many talents. He worked at the Pantex plant. He was a dairyman and a pilot, an owner and operator of five barbershops in Bridgeport with one in Panhandle. He owned Bullies Corral Café, a water well drilling service and a heavy equipment and construction business from 1970 to 1990.
George worked on the school board of Paradise Independent School District for 3½ years. He chartered Fellowship for Christian Athletes at Bridgeport High School. He enjoyed teaching high school Sunday school class for 15 years. He raised a Master Mason on Jan. 8, 1959, 32nd degree in 1964 in Dallas.
Survivors include: his wife, Sue Burris of Happy; two daughters, Debbie Braden of Los Alamos, N.M., and Sheri Hughes and husband Leslie of Decatur; a son, William Burris and wife Monette of Bridgeport; a sister, Fern Anderson of California; seven grandsons; a granddaughter; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2014)
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Happy. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St.
George was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Becton to Ira and Etta Burris. He attended 13 different schools and graduated from Happy High School in 1954. George served two years in the Army during the Korean War, where he guided the first Nike missiles. George loved supporting God’s missions; he drilled water wells in India and dedicated it to his parents. He helped Russian Jews to Israel, he supported the orphans in Israel and the Indian school in South Dakota.
George was a man of many talents. He worked at the Pantex plant. He was a dairyman and a pilot, an owner and operator of five barbershops in Bridgeport with one in Panhandle. He owned Bullies Corral Café, a water well drilling service and a heavy equipment and construction business from 1970 to 1990.
George worked on the school board of Paradise Independent School District for 3½ years. He chartered Fellowship for Christian Athletes at Bridgeport High School. He enjoyed teaching high school Sunday school class for 15 years. He raised a Master Mason on Jan. 8, 1959, 32nd degree in 1964 in Dallas.
Survivors include: his wife, Sue Burris of Happy; two daughters, Debbie Braden of Los Alamos, N.M., and Sheri Hughes and husband Leslie of Decatur; a son, William Burris and wife Monette of Bridgeport; a sister, Fern Anderson of California; seven grandsons; a granddaughter; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2014)
George Rex Burris, 79, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Happy. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St.
George was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Becton to Ira and Etta Burris. He attended 13 different schools and graduated from Happy High School in 1954. George served two years in the Army during the Korean War, where he guided the first Nike missiles. George loved supporting God’s missions; he drilled water wells in India and dedicated it to his parents. He helped Russian Jews to Israel, he supported the orphans in Israel and the Indian school in South Dakota.
George was a man of many talents. He worked at the Pantex plant. He was a dairyman and a pilot, an owner and operator of five barbershops in Bridgeport with one in Panhandle. He owned Bullies Corral Café, a water well drilling service and a heavy equipment and construction business from 1970 to 1990.
George worked on the school board of Paradise Independent School District for 3½ years. He chartered Fellowship for Christian Athletes at Bridgeport High School. He enjoyed teaching high school Sunday school class for 15 years. He raised a Master Mason on Jan. 8, 1959, 32nd degree in 1964 in Dallas.
Survivors include: his wife, Sue Burris of Happy; two daughters, Debbie Braden of Los Alamos, N.M., and Sheri Hughes and husband Leslie of Decatur; a son, William Burris and wife Monette of Bridgeport; a sister, Fern Anderson of California; seven grandsons; a granddaughter; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2014)
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Happy. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St.
George was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Becton to Ira and Etta Burris. He attended 13 different schools and graduated from Happy High School in 1954. George served two years in the Army during the Korean War, where he guided the first Nike missiles. George loved supporting God’s missions; he drilled water wells in India and dedicated it to his parents. He helped Russian Jews to Israel, he supported the orphans in Israel and the Indian school in South Dakota.
George was a man of many talents. He worked at the Pantex plant. He was a dairyman and a pilot, an owner and operator of five barbershops in Bridgeport with one in Panhandle. He owned Bullies Corral Café, a water well drilling service and a heavy equipment and construction business from 1970 to 1990.
George worked on the school board of Paradise Independent School District for 3½ years. He chartered Fellowship for Christian Athletes at Bridgeport High School. He enjoyed teaching high school Sunday school class for 15 years. He raised a Master Mason on Jan. 8, 1959, 32nd degree in 1964 in Dallas.
Survivors include: his wife, Sue Burris of Happy; two daughters, Debbie Braden of Los Alamos, N.M., and Sheri Hughes and husband Leslie of Decatur; a son, William Burris and wife Monette of Bridgeport; a sister, Fern Anderson of California; seven grandsons; a granddaughter; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2014)
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