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Submitted: 2/6/14 • Approved: 2/6/14 • Last Updated: 11/2/19 • R34898-G34697-S3
John Henry
September 16, 1911 - September 21, 2006
Doris McGowen
September 10, 1916 - December 1, 2009
Married: September 24, 1935
*Obituary- John Henry
Cox Funeral Home
Bastrop, Louisiana
Funeral services for Mr. John Henry Burgess, age 95, of Bastrop will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home, Bastrop with Dr. Vic Carter officiating. Interment will be at the Bonne-Idee Harp Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home, Bastrop.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday morning from 10 a.m. till service time at the funeral home.
Mr. Burgess was born September 16, 1911 in Hamburg, Arkansas and he died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at Morehouse General Hospital in Bastrop. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Annie Belle Burgess, granddaughter, Becky Spurlock, and a great-grandchild, Cody Spurlock.
Mr. John Henry Burgess was retired from the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Department where he served as night marshal for the Village of Mer Rouge. He was a member of the Gardner Baptist Church in Hamburg.
Mr Burgess is survived by his wife of 68 years, Doris V. McGowen Burgess of Bastrop, daughter, Martha Spurlock and husband Bobby of Bastrop, two sons, Newt Carpenter and wife Betty Gail of Bastrop, and Homer Burgess and wife Eva of Corpus Christi, Texas, nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons, Scott Spurlock, Marty Spurlock, Christopher Spurlock, Richard Spurlock, and Dean Carpenter.
*Obituary- Doris
Cox Funeral Home
Bastrop, Louisiana
Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Victoria Burgess of Bastrop, formerly of Mer Rouge, will be held 2:00 p.m Friday, December 4, 2009 at the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop with Bro. Johnny Legg officiating. Interment will follow at the Bonne Idee-Harp Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home, Bastrop.
Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening, December 3, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Doris Victoria McGowen Burgess was born September 10, 1916 in Mer Rouge, Louisiana and she died December 1, 2009 at the LeGrand Nursing Home in Bastrop. Mrs. Burgess was a homemaker and member of the Faith Baptist Church in Bastrop. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Henry Burgess; daughter, Annie Belle Burgess; parents, R. T. McGowen and Minerva Burch McGowen; four brothers, J.C. McGowen, Paul McGowen, Billy Bob McGowen, and Cullen McGowen; two sisters, Robbie Howell and Bonnie Belle Rea; a granddaughter, Becky Spurlock; grandson, Ricky Spurlock; great-grandson, Cody Spurlock; and son-in- law, Bobby Spurlock.
She is survived by her daughter, Martha Burgess Spurlock of Bastrop; two sons, Newt Carpenter and his wife Betty Gail Carpenter of Bastrop and Homer Burgess and his wife Eva of Corpus Christi, Texas; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Marty Spurlock, Christopher Spurlock, Dean Carpenter, Terry Montgomery, Marvin Bolding and Billy Hugh Bunch.
Contributed on 2/6/14 by bonniem71261
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