WHEELER - Funeral services for Boyd Keith Burks, 81, retired farmer and carpenter and a resident of Wheeler County for the past 34 years, are set for 2 p.m. Saturday in the First United Methodist Church of Wheeler.

Officiating will be the Rev. Mitchell Phillips, pastor of Allison Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Ross Dunn, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery under direction of Wright Funeral Home.

Mr. Burks, a native of Cleburne, died Wednesday night in Parkview Hospital here after an illness of one month.

He had lived in Wheeler County since 1937. He married Linda Morris on Dec. 25, 1914, at Chillicothe. She preceded him in death.

He was a Methodist.

Surviving are three sons, Raymond of Wheeler, Bryan of Alvin and Wayne of Richmond, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Lake of 1902 Highland and Mrs. C.T. Cummings of 3411 Martin Road, both in Amarillo, and Mrs. Harold Jones of Albuquerque; two sisters, Mrs. Fay Whitener of Levelland and Mrs. Viola Atwood of Pampa; 19 grandchildren.

(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 8 Oct 1971, Fri - Page 29)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Boyd Kieth Burks
[Boyd Keith Burks]
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1890
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Residence Place: Foard, Texas, USA

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Boyd Keith Burks
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1890
Residence Place: Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Boyd Burks
Death Date: 6 Oct 1971
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Boyd Keith Burks
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1890
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Oct 1971
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: William Penn Burks
Mother: Margaret Williams
Certificate Number: 76763