Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, George G. Sr., 1985 

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GEORGE GARVEY BURGESS

   Franklin - George Garvey Burgess, Sr., 84, of Route 3, a native of 
Southampton County died Thursday in a Norfolk hospital

   Mr. Burgess had retired as a power plant operator for Union Camp Corp. He 
was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church and its Men’s Bible Class.  He was a 
former deacon of the church and a member of Franklin Masonic Lodge 151.

   Survivors include his wife Myra Forrest Burgess; two sons Calvin R. Burgess 
and George G. Burgess, Jr., both of Franklin; a brother John D. Burgess of 
Franklin; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

   The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today in Wright Funeral Home by the 
Revs. David Adams and James Luck.  Burial will be in Southampton Memorial 
Park.  Memorial donations may be made to the church’s building fund.


George Garvey BURGESS, Sr., retired Union Camp power plant operator, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 5 Dec 1985, Norfolk, age 84, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park Cemetery (Masonic I, Plot 94*), 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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

His mother, Bertha Caroline BURGESS, is buried at Vincent's Grove Church. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-67): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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