Obituary Section, page 3 - Asheville Citizen Times (Asheville NC)
dated - March 20, 1963 Wednesday

Mrs. Dora Burleson

Mrs. Dora L. Mollie Allen Burleson, age 77, died Tuesday Morning in the home of a son, Cecil Burleson, of Rt. 2, Asheville.
She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and the widow of W.R. Burleson. (Wilburn Robertson Burleson)
Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Vance Avenue Baptist Church of Black Mountain.
The Rev. Franklin Justice, pastor and the Rev. V.L. Morrow will officiate. Burial will be in Azalea Cemetery.
The body will be taken to the home of Cecil Burleson at 11 a.m. Wednesday, where it will remain until taken to the church to lie in state one hour prior to services.
PaulBearers will be grandsons and FlowerBearers will be granddaughters.
Surviving in addition to the son (Cecil) are three daughters , Mrs. Alberta Parker of Old Fort, Mrs. Jennie Lee Randall of Rutherfordton and Mrs. Velma Parker of Rt 2, Asheville;
five other sons, Oliver, Otto, Leonard and Gilbert Burleson of Rt 2, Asheville and Audry Burleson of Pennsacola, Yancey County N.C. and a sister Mrs. Annie Mae Whitaker of Barnardsville; and 30 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Her oldest daughter Tawnee lived 22 months or abt. 2 years when she died of pnemonia illness after 1910 census.
Harrison Funeral Home in Black Mountain is in charge.

Notes:
(Dora L. Mollie Allen she is known as Mollie Lee Burleson)
Dora L. Mollie Allen Burleson, age 77, she died March 19, 1963 at the home of Cecil and Clota Burleson, Route 1, Asheville, N.C. and she is buried at Azalea Cemetery of Asheville.
A native of Dillingham of Barnardsville, of Buncombe County, N.C. She was born December 26, 1885 to James Marion 'Dot' Allen 1852 - 1922 and Sarah Evelyn Burlison Allen 1845 - 1937, Mollie parents is buried at Town Branch Cemetery, Barnardsville of Buncombe County, N.C. They did lived in Buckeye Cove of Swannanoa, N.C.

Dora L. Mollie Allen or Mollie Lee Allen (she is known as Mollie) was married December 27, 1904 to Wilburn Robertson Burleson in Buncombe County, N.C. and Wilburn parents are Barnett Weaver Burleson 1857 - 1915 and Elizabeth Fatima Lavinia Haynes 1863 -1938, they are buried Greenwood Cemetery near Barnardsville of Buncombe County, N.C.

Wilburn and Mollie lived in Barnardsville on North Main Forks of Ivy where they had 40 acres of land, they purchased for $500. Then later moved to Old Fort of McDowell County where their youngest son, Gilbert, was born in 1927, a old log cabin on mountain side, where they farm. This location is on the old US 70 that was used to go to Black Mountain Swannanoa Valley, before Old Fort Mountain and Ridgecrest of the new I-40 highway was build, and where the Cherokee used for hunting grounds and during war and burial grounds and Cherokee Trails. This on East side of West College Street of Holman University Subdivision (which now is Ridgecrest Assembly) but is in Old Fort area more to the West; Then later they moved to East Asheville at Azalea area where they purchased acres of land and build new homes until Wilburn had his heart attack and died. Her youngest son Gilbert and Wilburn, her husband and others, had been building new rooftop at their new house and old barn roofing, a all day job, when Gib left to go to hardware store in Swannanoa with horse and wagon to get more lumber and supplies, Wilburn had a heart attack and died. He had went home to eat supper and lay down to rest and was found dead in the bed at home. A family member hurried to Swannanoa to get Gib, and they hurried home and by that time Wilburn was already dead on the way to the hospital with the doctor. This was when US70 hwy was only two lane road and still had horse and wagon or Tmodel and very few new cars.
Later on in years, Mollie died, at the home of her son Cecil and daughter-in-law Clota homeplace, in East Asheville where she lived, known as Burleson Road.
Mollie is a Baptist, she is a member of Vance Avenue Baptist Church in Black Mountain. She read her Bible daily and often talk about Jesus to her children and grandchildren. She would sang songs and tell us stories of Jesus of the Bible. She was a good Wife, and Mother and Granny and was loved by many people she knew. Mollie looked a lot like her own Mother, Sarah Evelyn Burlison Allen who married James Marion 'Dot' Allen of Barnardsville.
Mollie, used a walker, later she used a wheelchair. She would have to drink from a straw and she would pour warm hot wax or water on her hands and body of joints, to relieve the pain. Mollie had Rhueumatoid Disease of Crippling Arthritis that left her fingers crooked, hands swollen and knuckles white with huge bumps, her body very fragile, she could not walk, she got Respiratory disorders, had to use oxygen and bad eyesight lost of vision of The Macular Degeneration Disease and being so sick, Mollie soon was bedridden, when she later got Pneumonia of the Lungs and died on March 19, 1963. Mollie died with her family surrounding her with final goodbyes of love. Otto her son, was holding her or hugging her in his arms, to let her know she was loved, by all, when she died in his arms.

Wilburn Robertson Burleson - (Father)
Find a Grave Memorial 84699459

Dora L. Mollie Allen Burleson - (Mother)
Find a Grave Memorial 84700633

Children: 10

Theodore AUDRY Burleson 1906-1973
Find a Grave Memorial 62620211

TAWNEE Burleson 1908-1910
Find a Grave Memorial 169551124

James CECIL Burleson 1911-1971
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ALBERTA Fatima 'Bertie' Burleson Parker 1912-2004 'Alverta'
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LEONARD Roy 'Ginnmey' Burleson 1920-1954
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OLIVER Nimrod 'Shorty' Burleson 1916-August 1989
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VELMA Burleson Parker 1922-2001
Find a Grave Memorial 88050841

OTTO Fritz Burleson 1918-December 1989
Find a Grave Memorial 115030774

JENNIE Lee Burleson Randall 1924-1982
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GILBERT Paul Burleson 1927-1993 'Gib'
Find a Grave Memorial 84702364

Mollie Parents--
Buried: Town Branch Cemetery, Barnardsville, N.C.

James Marion 'Dot' Allen
Find a Grave Memorial 41380798

Sarah Evelyn Burlison Allen
Find a Grave Memorial 41380852

Her oldest daughter, Tawnee Burleson born 1908 or 1909 died at 2 yrs. of age or about 22 months in 1910 after census.
Azalea Methodist Cemetery - private plot of Wilburn and Mollie Burleson.

Her late husband Wilburn Robertson Burleson died 1952 of heart attack in East Asheville of Buncombe County, buried at Azalea Methodist Cemetery. He is a native of Barnardsville.
His parents Barnett Weaver Burleson 1857-1915 and Elizabeth Fatima Haynes Burleson 1863-1938, they are buried Greenwood Cemetery, Barnardsville of Buncombe County, N.C.

Her late parents James Marion 'Dot' Allen died 1922 and Sarah Evelyn Burleson Allen died 1937, both of Barnardsville of Buncombe County, N.C. and lived in Buckeye Cove of East Asheville of Buncombe County and buried at Town Branch Cemetery in Barnardsville.

Her late grandparents are James Marion Allen born 1814 Yancey County, N.C. and Rachel Riddle born 1824.
Andrew Jackson Burlison 1822-1898 Barnardsville, Buncombe County, N.C. and Hannah Caroline Carter born 1822 Buncombe County, N.C. died 1901 Barnardsville, Buncombe County, N.C.

Her daughter-in-law died January 27, 1963, Edith Daphene Burrell Burleson, wife of Oliver, she is buried in Azalea Methodist Cemetery in Asheville.

Her grandchildren died:
Peggy Anne Parker 1939-1939, she is daughter of Alberta 'Bertie' Burleson and Carl Caney Parker of Old Fort. She is buried at Azalea Methodist Cemetery in Asheville.

Oliver Burleson JR. 1940-1941 he was the son of Edith Daphene Burrell and Oliver 'Shorty' Burleson of Asheville. He is buried at Azalea Methodist Cemetery in Asheville.

Carolyn Ann Burleson 1950-1950 she is the daughter of Beverly Virginia Dalton and Gilbert Paul Burleson of Asheville. She is buried at Azalea Methodist Cemetery in Asheville.

Great-Grandchildren:
Mollie and Wilburn Burleson has about two or three
great-grandchildren who is buried unknown graves, no markers, at Azalea Methodist Cemetery, These are grandchildren of Carl and Alberta 'Bertie' Parker and children of their son Clark Parker. (No tombstone)

Surviving is Mollie and Wilburn Burleson 9 children:
1. Theodore Audry and wife Pansey 'Lillian' Blankenship
2. James Cecil and wife Clota Edward McKinney
3. Alberta 'Alverta Fatima' and husband Carl Caney Parker
4. Oliver Nimrod married spouse 2 - Annie Lou Wilkerson
'Shorty' - his first spouse was Edith Daphene Burrell died in 1963, they had 2 sons.
5. Velma and husband Winslow Stuart Parker
6. Leonard Roy and wife Cuba Valentine Neece
7. Otto Fritz and wife Edith Elizabeth McCall
8. Jennie Lee and husband Fred Elbert Randall
9. Gilbert Paul and wife Beverly Virginia Dalton

and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is buried with her husband Wilburn at Azalea Methodist Cemetery in East Asheville with her family.

Mollie also has six brothers and 1 sister of siblings and many nieces and nephews.

Parents are: James Marion 'Dot' Allen and Sarah Evelyn Burleson. They have 8 children.

1. John B. Allen 1885-1905
2. Henry M. Allen 1881-1886

3. Hurbert Cleophus Allen 1889-1918
He was victim of influenza epidemic.
He was US Army WWI, USA, at 72nd Co. MTD
Camp Hancock, Georgia.
He is buried Town Branch Cemetery,
Buncombe County, NC USA

4. *Dora L. MOLLIE Allen 1885-1963

5. Rebecca Annamae Allen 1875-1968
6. Bascombe Allen 1873-1874
7. Samuel Lattie Allen 1878-1938

8. James ANDREW Allen SR. 09-20-1877 to 05-09-1929
Married: Maude Ester Holcombe 02-19-1880 to 12-15-1964
she is daughter of Obadiah Holcombe and
Mary 'Polly' Brigman Holcombe.
His registration card dated 9-20-1918 gives his
age as 41, and DOB as 9-20-1876. A farmer and A Baptist.
He died of smallpox in WWI, US Army Captain.
Buried beside his wife in Whitaker Cemetery,
Dillingham Community of Barnardsville, in Buncombe
County, N.C.
Dual Tombstone reads for Andrew as 1877-1929,
and for Maude as 1880-1964.


Their children:
Maude Viola Allen, Orville Conrade Allen, Annie Lois
Allen, Harry Lee Allen, Rev. James Andrew Allen, JR.,
Helen Agatha Allen, Murphy Beatrice Allen, Lonnie Hubert
Allen, Vannie Ree Allen, FNUK Allen, James Early 'Earl'
Allen, Lora Azalee Allen, Wilbur Kenneth Allen.

FNUK is First Name UnKnown.

**My Notes:
His daughter Vannie Ree Allen married Clifford
Spurgeon Ray, and had 7 children.
Their son Loren Ray of Weaverville, N.C. has
a lot of family genealogy and collection of old
pictures of family ancestry of the
Burleson-Burlison and Allen families ancestry.
Loren great-grandparents are James Marion 'Dot' Allen
and Sarah Evelyn Burleson, parents of his grandfather
James ANDREW Allen, SR. who is the father of
Vannie Ree Allen, mother of Loren Ray.
James Marion 'Dot' Allen and Sarah Evelyn Burleson
is my great-grandparent and parents of my grandmother
Dora L. MOLLIE Allen who is sister to James Andrew
Allen, SR. and Wilburn and MOLLIE Allen Burleson,
their son Gilbert is my father.
Loren has pictures of our great-grandparents Dot and
Sarah Allen and a picture of my Uncle Audry, Uncle
Cecil and Aunt Alberta as small children that was taken
years ago, maybe at homeplace in Barnardsville.


**Notes**
* All of any Info cannot be copyright or transferred of ancestry of families.
*Created and Maintained by granddaughter of Wilburn Robertson Burleson and
Dora Lee MOLLIE Allen (Dora L. MOLLIE Allen)
*Kathy Burleson-contributor 49040771