Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, Elmo M., 1982 

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ELMO McCOY BURGESS 

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Elmo McCoy (Pretty) Burgess, 66, will be 
held today at 4 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Park by Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Wright 
Funeral Home has charge.

   Burgess died Tuesday in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Janet Bryant Burgess. 
He was a member of Hunterdale Christian Church and was an Army veteran of 
World War II.  He was retired from Higgerson-Buchanan Inc. as a construction 
superintendent.

   Other survivors include three daughters, Gale B. Duke and Linda B. Carter, 
both of Franklin, and Carole B. Holland of Suffolk; a son, Mac Burgess of 
Chesapeake; a sister, Virginia Covington of Franklin; three brothers, Roland 
Burgess and Jimmy Burgess of Courtland, and Reginald Burgess of Petersburg; 
and four grandchildren.


Elmo McCoy "Pretty" BURGESS, Army veteran of WW-II, 
retired Higgerson-Buchanan construction superintendent, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 22 Jun 1982, Franklin, age 66, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Gethsemane, Plot 115*), 24 Jun 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 24, 1982, p. 6A 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Sect. II, Plot 62A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 28, 1968, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b622m3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Oct 21, 1975, p. 20) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b622l2ob.txt 


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