ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BURCKEL, CHARLES L., III

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2012 

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BURCKEL

Charles L. Burckel III, 70, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Regina Burckel of Jackson, Miss.,; 
children and their spouses, Chantal and John Stribling of Madison, Miss., and 
Charla and Jim Nelan of Longwood, Fla.; grandchildren, Ashley McKenzie, Alex 
and Charles Stribling and Callie Nelan; great-grandchild, Mason Rosell; mother, 
Yvette Burckel Hinkle of Slidell; siblings, Gerald Burckel of Slidell, Pat 
Burckel of Hammond, Giselle Daniels of Lafayette, Craig Burckel of New Orleans, 
and many nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Louis Burckel II.

The New Orleans native graduated from Louisiana State University/University of 
New Orleans and was in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a club manager for 45 
years and Club Managers Association of America and Honor Society member who 
achieved the status of certified club manager. He retired from the Country Club 
of Jackson after 25 years.

The devoted Catholic was a St. Richard Catholic Church parishioner and usher 
and former St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church member, serving as a 
Eucharistic minister and Knights of Columbus member.

He traveled throughout the United States and Europe, particularly enjoying 
Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and England and vacationing with family and 
friends in Destin, Fla. He loved fishing, hunting and entertaining at “Big 
Moose Lodge.”

A private Mass of resurrection will be celebrated.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 
Mid- Mississippi Chapter, 4830 McWillie Circle Jackson, MS, 39206 or St. 
Richard Catholic Church, 1242 Lynnwood Drive, Jackson, MS, 39206.

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