| 1. | Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress was born on 18 Sep 1891 in Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 30 Dec 1946 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. Other Events:
- Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
- WWI Draft Card: 1917, Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia
- Census 1920: 1920, Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
- Census 1930: 1930, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
- Newspaper: 31 Jul 1935, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Lake Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, who was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Monday for an emergency operation is improving.
- Newspaper: 29 Jan 1936, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Several dead quail were found frozen in the snow near St. Clair's Crossing Monday, Is the report. The birds were found by Lake Burress. How many covies may have perished in the snow during the present spell will never be known.
- Newspaper: 19 Sep 1936, North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia; Lake Burress hurt in fall from freight car
- Census 1940 : 1940, St. Clair, Tazewell County, Virginia
- WWII Draft Card: 1942, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
Notes:
Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 310: Lathrop Crocket Burress 15 Nov 1890 (date incorrect?) Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Father - Benj. Burress Mother - Emma Burress
Name:
Birth Record says Crockett, but Death says Benjamin and sometimes he middle initial is listed as B. So not sure why there are two different names.
Census 1930:
Home Value $5000
Newspaper:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Falling from a freight car at North Tazewell yesterday morning, Lake Burress, 48, Norfolk and Western railroad brakeman, of Bluefleld, was painfully injured. Burress was riding a draft of cars when a sudden application of the air brakes caused him to lose his balance. He fell to a parallel track, landing across one rail. It was first thought that he had suffered a pelvic fracture but X-ray examination at Bluefleld sanitarium failed to show any broken bones.
Died:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Lake Burress, Virginia Side, Dies Lake Burress, 66, of Bluefield, Va. died at Bluefield sanitarium last night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. He was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railway company for the last 36 years, as a conductor. Mr. Burress was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Mr. Burress is survived by his wife, the former Miss Myrtle Thompson, of Bluefield, Va., and the following daughters, Mrs. Edith Patrick Mrs. Dewey Evans, and Mrs. Richard Yost, all of the Virginia Side. His mother, Mrs. Emma Burress, of Bluefield, Va.. also survives. His father, Ben Burress preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
1 January 1947 - Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the West Graham Methodist church for Lake Burress, 55, of ClearFork, Va who died at Bluefield sanitarium Monday night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. The body will be removed to the church at 1 o'clock where it will lie in state until the hour of the service. The Rev. D. T. Wright, assisted by the Rev. H. A. Phillips, will be in charge of the services. Interment will follow in Maple Hill cemetery. Harman Lodge AF & AM 222 will have charge of the services at the grave.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 21 January 1947 Resolution Of Respect Mrs. Lake Burress.
Bluefield. Virginia Dear Mrs. Burress: On instructions of Harman Lodge, No. 222, A. F. & A. M.: and by appointment of the Worshipful Master, it is with deep sorrow and yet with full appreciation of the fine qualities of your late husband and our esteemed friend and brother, that we address to you these small and feeble words of regret at his early and untimely death. It seems most fitting that the members of this committee should have been appointed and directed to draft this expression of the regret of members of our lodge, as it was while the first named was Worshipful Master, and the second named an active member of the lodge, that your husband received the degree raising him to the rank of Master Mason. We regarded him as a fine Christian gentleman, one worthy of the esteem and love in which he was held by his Masonic brethren, and for them, each and every one, we send you our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy in this your darkest hour of bereavement. It is ordered that a copy of this letter be spread on the record of our lodge and a copy furnished the newspapers for publication. Wade H. Frazler, W. H. Bane, Committee.
Lathrop married Myrtle Reynolds on 1 Apr 1916 in Mingo, Williamson, West Virginia. Myrtle (daughter of Samuel Reynolds and Nancy Caroline Thompson) was born on 26 Jul 1898 in Pikeville, Kentucky; died on 5 Jun 1978 in Salem, Virginia, USA; was buried in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Edith Mae Burress
 was born on 19 Aug 1916 in Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia; died on 1 Apr 1988 in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia; was buried in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia.
- 3. Lucille E. Burress was born on 8 Mar 1920 in Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia; died on 7 Jun 1992 in Roanoke, Virginia; was buried in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, West Virginia.
- 4. Hazel Louise Burress was born on 2 Jan 1923 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; died on 21 Mar 2000 in Roanoke, Virginia; was buried in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia.
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1891 - 1946 (55 years)
Lucille E. Burress 
