Obituaries:  J. J. (Jude) Burkett, Sabine Parish       B-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 26, 1982
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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J. J. (Jude) Burkett

  Services for Mr. J. J. (Jude) Burkett, 71, of Converse, were
held Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., at the Fellowship Baptist Church
in Oak Grove Community near Converse.

  Rev. C. R. Miller, and Rev. Ray Jenkins officiated. The burial
was at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Arrangements were under the
direction of Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  He died Monday, August 16, at 10:30 a.m., at Pleasant Hill
Hospital, after a lengthy illness. He was a retired oil well
driller, and served 30 years on the Sabine Parish School Board,
retiring in December 1972, due to bad health.

  He belonged to the Fellowship Baptist Church, and was on the
Board of Deacons for more than 30 years. He was a native, and a
lifelong resident of the Oak Grove Community near Converse.

  Survivors include his widow, M. Alton Burkett of Converse; and
two daughters, Bessie L. Wood, and Shirley Stoker of Shreveport;
one son, Julius M. Burkett of Nacogdoches, Tex.; eight
grandchildren; and two brothers, John F. Burkett of Pollock, and
N. L. Burkett of Bossier City.