Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burkett, Bruce B., 1989 

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BRUCE BURWIN BURKETT 

  ZUNI - Bruce Burwin Burkett, 75, died Monday, April 17, in The Plains.

  He was a native of Sussex County and retired as a refrigeration technician 
from City of Richmond in 1979.

  He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church and Black Creek Ruritan Club.

  Survivors include his wife, Lois E. Burkett; five daughters, Linda Porter 
of Franklin, Judi Lange of Virginia Beach, Ginny Bellamy of Thailand, Ali 
Servideo of The Plains and Teresa Eaheart of Richmond; five sisters, Annie 
Rollings of Emporia, Beulah G. Newman of Commerce, GA., Ivalee Keefer of 
Kensington, Md., Virginia M. Vensel of Grandy, N.C., and Eunice B. Brown of 
Wakefield; four brother brothers, Burge W. Burkett of Clarksburg, Md., A.J. 
Burkett of Danville, Wallace T. Burkett of Wakefield and Charlye Daune Burkett 
of Waverly; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home by 
the Rev. Wayne D. Underwood.  Burial will follow in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral 
home.

  The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to Black Creek Baptist Church mission fund or American Cancer 
Society, 618C J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, Va. 23601.


Bruce Burwin BURKETT, of Zuni, retired City of Richmond refrigeration technician, 
b. 20 Feb 1914, Sussex Co., d. 17 Apr 1989, Fauquier Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Apr 1989, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 18, 1989, p. 12 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Birthdate &c. D.Cert. 89-013560. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," June 25, 2002, p. 26) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b623l1ob.txt 

His parents, Abram Joseph & Frances Cora (WALKER) BURKETT, are buried in 
   Newville Cemetery, beside Newville Baptist Church. 


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