Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Obituaries for Nancy Elizabeth (Willard) Burks
   (11 Jul 1869-8 Oct 1904)
   

Fairfield Recorder - 14 Oct 1904
  Mrs. Richard Burks died at her home at Ward Prairie last Sunday night of 
typhoid fever. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Willard, and 
leaves a husband and several little children to mourn her death.

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Fairfield Recorder - 21 Oct 1904

From Yerby
Oct 11 
   On October 8th, 1904, at 10 p.m., the death angel entered the home of R. G. 
Burks and claimed as its victim, Mrs. Nannie Burks, after an illness of about 
three weeks. We should not weep as one having no hope. Sister Nannie was a member 
of the Baptist church at Ward Prairie, and was surely a Christian. Before her 
death she called her family around the bedside and talked to them, saying she 
hated to leave them, but God said come up higher. About six hours before her 
death she gazed up into heaven, and for an hour never moved her eyes and with a 
smile said, "You ought to have seen."  Sister Nannie leaves a husband and four 
children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death. She was born 
near Fairfield, Freestone county; was married to R. G. Burks, of Ellis county.  
After their marriage they moved to Ellis county, remaining there a short time, 
and then back to where she died. She was 35 years of age. "Blessed are they that 
die in the Lord, for they shall see God."  
      Uncle Billie