Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, L. Virginia Trueheart, 1987 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LUCY VIRGINIA TRUEHEART BURGESS DENDRON - Mrs. Lucy Virginia Trueheart Burgess, 90, died Friday, May 15 in Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. She was a native of Surry County and a member of Elberon Congregation Church. She was also a member of the Women’s Fellowship of Dendron and the Laurel Chapter #114 O.E.S. of Claremont. Survivors include her husband, Herman Oliver Burgess of Dendron; one daughter, Helen B. Morris of Dendron; two sons, Oliver Taylor Burgess of Norfolk and Herman T. Burgess of Petersburg; also five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services were held Sunday, May 17 at Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield with Dr. R.E. Brittle and Dr. Marshall Bonds officiating. Burial was in Wakefield. Pallbearers were Wallace Faison, Gordon Price, Mack Cofer, Thurman Williams, Vernon Clark, Robert Moore, Ray E. Burgess and Mervin Price. Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield was in charge of the arrangements. Lucy Virginia (TRUEHEART; Mrs. Herman O.) BURGESS, b. 23 Jun 1896, Surry Co., d. 15 May 1987, Petersburg, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 17 May 1987, donated obit, publication unknown Additional information: *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Find a Grave Mem. #23998301 Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 28, 1989) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b622h2ob.txt They m. 20 Dec 1916. Her parents were Lewis Taylor [Sr.] & Lucy Catherine (PARKER) TRUEHEART. Her father, a KY native, served in Co. A, 46th VA Inantry, CSA. Her oldest brother Lewis T. (1881-1916) is buried in [Martins] Brandon [Episcopal] Church Cemetery, Prince George Co. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b622v3ob.txt