Obituaries:  Dewey Burr, Sabine Parish       B-600
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 21, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Dewey Burr

  Funeral services for Mr. Dewey Burr, 60, of Many, were held at 1
p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in
Mansfield. The Rev. Ray Dyess, pastor of First Baptist Church of
Marthaville, and Rev. Michael McConnaughey, pastor of First
United Pentecostal Church of Mansfield, officiated. The Rev.
Glenn Howard, pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church, assisted.

  Mr. Burr died Feb. 7, at the V. A. Hospital in Shreveport, after
a short illness.

  Mr. Burr was preceded in death by two sons, Tony Paul Burr, and
Dewey Edward Burr; four brothers, Arthur, Gathel, Huey, and
Burton Burr; and three sisters, Ruby Brown, Inez Scott, and Trudy
Rogers.

  Survivors include his wife, Edna Burr of Many; two sons, Calvin
McKerley of Natchitoches, and Loran McKerley of Shreveport; two
daughters, Rhonda Allemond (husband Rick) of Lafayette, and Page
Knotts (husband Joe) of Tunnelton, W. Va.; four sisters, Ruth
George (husband M. G. Sr.) of Shreveport, Lovella Iles (husband
David) of Oil City, Thelma Phillips (husband George) of
Shreveport, Gertrude Bennett of Mansfield, and Marie Antee
(husband Willard) of Florien.

  He is also survived by three brothers, Garthel Burr (wife
Natalee) of Mansfield, Medford Burr (wife Sue) of Zwolle, and
Walter Burr (wife Christine) of Hemphill, Texas; his
mother-in-law, Nell Scroggin of Vernon, Texas; ten grandchildren;
and one great grandchild.

  Pallbearers were David Mayes, Ernest Richard, Donnie Hull,
Harold Scott, M. G. George, and Roger Ford Jr.