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Leo Burks

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Leo Burks

Birth
Merryville, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
15 Jul 1986 (aged 76)
Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas, USA
Burial
Trout Creek, Newton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
E1-08-04
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Burks, Leo

July 15, 1986

…retired roughneck

KIRBYVILLE—A graveside service for Leo Burks, 76, of Kirbyville will be at 3 p.m. today at Trout Creek cemetery near Kirbyville under the direction of Causey's E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

He died Tuesday at Kirbyville Community Hospital.

A native of Merryville, La. and a former resident of Beaumont, he lived in Kirbyville a number of years and was a retired roughneck in the oil industry.

Survivors include his wife, Allie Burks of Kirbyville; a son, Bill Burks of Jasper; two stepsons, Adam Clark of Fresno, Calif., and Johnnie Clark of Houston; two daughters, Dorothy McCoy of Houston and Murline Mayes of Waskom, Texas; five stepdaughters, Earline Lecourias of Huntsville, Mildred Urrey of Beaumont, Lois Adams of Weatherford, Okla., Dorothy Parker of Carlsbad, N.M., and Jewel Neugent of Douglas, Texas; three brothers, Luther Burks of Kirbyville, R. C. Burks of Merryville, La., and Kinnis Burks of Beaumont; a sister, Adell Nobles of Kirbyville; and 14 grandchildren.
Burks, Leo

July 15, 1986

…retired roughneck

KIRBYVILLE—A graveside service for Leo Burks, 76, of Kirbyville will be at 3 p.m. today at Trout Creek cemetery near Kirbyville under the direction of Causey's E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

He died Tuesday at Kirbyville Community Hospital.

A native of Merryville, La. and a former resident of Beaumont, he lived in Kirbyville a number of years and was a retired roughneck in the oil industry.

Survivors include his wife, Allie Burks of Kirbyville; a son, Bill Burks of Jasper; two stepsons, Adam Clark of Fresno, Calif., and Johnnie Clark of Houston; two daughters, Dorothy McCoy of Houston and Murline Mayes of Waskom, Texas; five stepdaughters, Earline Lecourias of Huntsville, Mildred Urrey of Beaumont, Lois Adams of Weatherford, Okla., Dorothy Parker of Carlsbad, N.M., and Jewel Neugent of Douglas, Texas; three brothers, Luther Burks of Kirbyville, R. C. Burks of Merryville, La., and Kinnis Burks of Beaumont; a sister, Adell Nobles of Kirbyville; and 14 grandchildren.


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  • Maintained by: Lisa Gore
  • Originally Created by: EastTexan
  • Added: Mar 27, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18654475/leo-burks: accessed ), memorial page for Leo Burks (4 Mar 1910–15 Jul 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18654475, citing Trout Creek Cemetery, Trout Creek, Newton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Lisa Gore (contributor 50091617).