Name |
Gladys Gertrude Burress |
Born |
12 July 1943 |
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA |
Died |
17 Dec 2011 |
Flintstone, Cumberland, MD |
- Obituary, Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obit, 18 Dec 2011.
FLINTSTONE, Md. Gladys Gertrude Burress, 68, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 in a Cumberland, Md. hospital. Born July 12, 1943 in Bluefield, Va., she was the daughter of James Robert and Tinie (Stump) Burress.
Gladys lived most of her life in Bluefield, Va. She then moved to Maryland where she made her home with her sister, Helen Clites.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, James, George, Thomas and Raymond Burress; four sisters, Beatrice Splaun, Francis Wright, Edith Virginia and Margaret Lucille Burress.
Survivors include sisters, Marie Cole of New Castle, Va., Melvina Aliff of West Palm Beach, Fla., Dorothy Burkett of Lake Worth, Fla., Helen Clites of Flintstone, Md.; brothers, Jack Burress and wife Ernestine of Bluefield, Va., Leonard Burress and wife Faith of Princeton, W.Va., and Kenneth Burress and wife Janice of Prophetstown, Ill.; several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 at noon at the Grandview Mausoleum Chapel in Bluefield, Va. with the Reverend Steve Aker officiating.
Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Va. is serving the Gladys Gertrude Burress family.
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Age |
68 years |
Buried |
Grandview Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, West Virginia |
Siblings |
15 siblings |
| 1. Melvina Burress | | 2. Marie Burress | | 3. Leonard Eugene Burress b. 10 Nov 1939, Tazewell County, Virginia | | 4. Kenneth Burress | | 5. Jack Dempsey Burress b. 22 Oct 1927, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 22 Nov 2017, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 90 years) | | 6. James A. Burress d. 2004 | | 7. Beatrice Vivian Burress b. 7 Feb 1923, West Graham, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 8 May 1997, Loganville, Walton, Georgia (Age 74 years) | | 8. Mary Frances Burress b. 2 Mar 1933, West Virginia d. 17 Jan 1988, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 54 years) | | 9. Margaret Lucille Burress | | 10. Helen Louise Burress b. 22 Jul 1938, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia d. 11 Aug 2018, Flintstone, Cumberland, MD (Age 80 years) | | 11. Edith Virginia Burress b. 1945, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia d. Nov 1945, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia (Age 0 years) | | 12. Dorothy Mae Burress b. 3 Sep 1936, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 20 Jun 2014, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, FL (Age 77 years) | | 13. George Richard Burress b. 29 Mar 1927, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 18 Sep 2004, Canton, Stark, Ohio (Age 77 years) | | 14. Thomas Jefferson Burress b. 20 May 1925 d. 30 Dec 1978, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (Age 53 years) | | 15. Raymond Lee Burress b. 26 July 1935 d. May 1978 (Age 42 years) | |
Headstones |
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Person ID |
P1194 |
Burress |
Last Modified |
12 Dec 2018 |
Father |
James Robert Burress b. 15 Mar 1896, Bluestone, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 2 July 1969, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age 73 years) |
Mother |
Tinia S. "Tiney" Stump b. June 22, 1902, Virginia, United States d. Nov 2000, West Virginia, United States (Age ~ 98 years) |
Married |
8 Sep 1920 |
Mercer County, West Virginia |
Family ID |
F179 |
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