Wise Co., TX. - Obits - Mildred L. Burks
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     Mildred L. Burks - 9 Sept 1912- 31 Jan 2000

Service for Mildred L. Burks, 87, of Gainesville, was to be Thursday, 
Feb. 3, at the Greenwood Baptist Church. Dr. Lawrence D. Burks was to 
officiate, assisted by David Ruark. 
Burial was to follow at the Greenwood Cemetery.

Burks died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, in Gainesville.
Born Sept. 9, 1912, in Greenwood, to Robert E. and Lorenza Dow Vandiver
Florida, Sr., she had lived her entire life in Greenwood and only 
recently moved to Gainesville. She was an artist, like her father, and 
devoted to reading the Bible.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Dee Burks, in 1965 
and by ten brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn Louise and 
Lindsey Grigsby of Mesquite; daughter, Gloreeta Burks of Tyler; sons, 
Dale Burks of Greenwood, Oscar and wife Barbara Burks of Valley View, 
Dr. Lawrence Dee and wife Judy Burks of Gainesville; a brother, John 
Florida of Greenwood; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and
numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Pallbearers were to be Frank Maxwell, Ed Catlin, Wayman Pannell, Neal 
Fortenberry, Rex Maxwell and Ronnie Weber.

Family visitation was to be Wednesday, Feb. 2, 6 to 7 p.m. at Geo. J. 
Carroll and Son Funeral Home in Gainesville. Memorial contributions may
be made in lieu of flowers to the Grand Avenue Baptist Church. 
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