ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BURGESS, GEORGE EVANS, JR. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Honaker Funeral Home, Slidell, La.

Died: Sunday, October 12, 2014

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BURGESS, GEORGE EVANS, JR. 

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George Evans Burgess, Jr. died October 12, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia at the age 
of 92. 

Mr. Burgess was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 1, 1922.
He graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, where he met his wife, 
Lenore. While at college he was heavily involved with acting as well as the 
Naval ROTC program. Immediately upon graduation he left for the Pacific Fleet 
and was assigned to a destroyer escort which shipped out in mid-1943. 
He and Lenore were married on Treasure Island, San Francisco, California while 
his warship was briefly back from the Pacific fleet in late 1944, and they 
remained happily married for the next 65 years. Upon the conclusion of the war, 
George remaining briefly in California for screen tests with the major 
Hollywood studios, where he met and spent time with Ronald Reagan. 

He decided that an acting career was not to his liking, and returned to New 
Orleans in 1946 to pursue a law degree at Tulane. He obtained his degree and 
built a successful career as a corporate attorney through the 1940’s and 
1950’s, reaching Texaco’s corporate offices in New York. He then struck out on 
his own as a real estate developer. He was a fully qualified real estate broker 
and with Lenore’s able assistance developed Cypress Park sub-division in 
Lacombe since the late 1950’s. 
He remained active in local theatre as well, and was heavily involved with Le 
Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre as both an actor and on their Board of Directors. 
He and Lenore both served as volunteers for FEMA in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He 
and Lenore lived quietly in their home in Cypress Park for the remainder of 
their lives.

He is survived by his sons, Michael, of Atlanta, GA, and George III, of Baton 
Rouge, as well as 7 grandchildren and numerous great grand-children.

Funeral services will be held at the Honaker Funeral Home at 1751 Gause Blvd 
West, Slidell, LA 70460 on Thursday, October 16, from 2-4 p.m. There will be a 
private burial.

His requests were that in lieu of flowers, that you make donations in his 
memory to the Republican Party or the Wounded Warriors Project

Navy Vet.
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