1. | Clarence Bernard Burress was born on 29 Dec 1915 in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 26 Jul 1987 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
- Census 1920: 1920, Baptist Valley, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
- Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
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Bernard Clarence Burress, 72, of Raven, Va., died Friday In a Richlands, Va., hospital. Born In Tazewell County, Va., he was a son of the late Henry P. and Mary Frances Quesenberry Burress. He had lived in the Raven area most of his life and was a retired employee of Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp. In Vansant, Va. He was of the Holiness faith and was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Laura Stacy Burress. Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Janle Stevenson of Richlands; sons, Kenneth Burress of Richlands, J.C. Burress of St. Petersburg, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Blanche Rasnake of Cedar Bluff, Va., Mrs. Dora Taylor of Maxwell. Va., Mrs. Gray Brughman of Clifton Forge, Va.; brothers, George Burress of Cedar BlulT, Bill Burress of Salem, Va., Jim Burress of Maxwell, Luther Burress of Yukon; seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Chapel in Richlands with the Rev. Bernard Shrader officiating and burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Va. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
Clarence married Laura Mae Stacy on 22 Sep 1935 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Laura (daughter of Wiley Stacy and Betty Jane Matney) was born in 1918; died on 18 Aug 1976 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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