UPSON COUNTY GA Obits Charlie Henry Burkett Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dorothy Fletcher http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm :Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm :GA Table of Contents: Charlie Henry Burkett Thomaston…Charlie Henry Burkett, age 85, of 591 White Road, Thomaston, Ga., died at the Upson County Hospital, Wednesday, June 10, 1981. Funeral services were held at Mountain View Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 12, 1981. Rev. Rex King and rev. James A. Coogler officiated the service. Interment followed at Church Cemetery. Mr. Burkett retired in 1961 from Thomaston Mills, and was a charter member of Mountain View Baptist Church and had served on the board of deacons. He was also a native of Upson County. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Blunt Burkett, Thomaston, three daughters: Mrs. Margie Thompson, Morrow, Mrs. Myra Wilkinson, Jonesboro, Mrs. Golden Barnes, Thomaston, three sons: Mr. Charlie Douglas Burkett, Thomaston, Mr. Thomas Burkett, Jonesboro, Mr. Sammy Burkett, Atlanta, one brother, Mr. Causie Burkett, Thomaston, two sisters: Mrs. Odessa Ard, Thomaston, and Miss Vesta Burkett, Thomaston. Nineteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral announcement by Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home.