- Jack Burress, 90 of Bluefield, VA, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, November 22, 2017. He was the son of the late James Robert and Tinie Stump Burress. Jack had proudly served his country in the United States Army during WWII. He attended Bailey United Methodist Church. He enjoyed playing cards with his family. In his younger years, he enjoyed traveling and fishing. He was a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. He will be missed. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife: Lucille Burress and his second wife: Ernestine Durham Burress; 4 brothers; 6 sisters; a still born grandson: John Thomas Burress.
Those left to cherish his memory are his sons: Jack Alvin Burress (Shelley), Darwin Burress (Joanne); brothers: Leonard Burress (Faith), Kenneth Burress; sisters: Marie Cole, Melvina Aliff, Helen Clites; grandchildren: Adriane Mankundis and Brian Burress; step-son: Jackie Hoops (Carolyn); step-daughter: Diana Yost; step-grandsons: Samuel, Clayton and Joseph Healy, Billy and Brandon Hoops and Shane Yost; 15 great-grandchildren.
A service to celebrate his life will be held Monday, November 27, 2017 at 12:00 P.M. at Dudley Memorial Chapel with Rev. Steve Aker officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens.
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| 1. Melvina Burress | | 2. Marie Burress | | 3. Leonard Eugene Burress b. 10 Nov 1939, Tazewell County, Virginia  | | 4. Kenneth Burress | | 5. James A. Burress d. 2004 | | 6. Beatrice Vivian Burress b. 7 Feb 1923, West Graham, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 8 May 1997, Loganville, Walton, Georgia (Age 74 years) | | 7. Gladys Gertrude Burress b. 12 July 1943, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  d. 17 Dec 2011, Flintstone, Cumberland, MD (Age 68 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, West Virginia  d. 11 Aug 2018, Flintstone, Cumberland, MD (Age 80 years) | | 11. Edith Virginia Burress b. 1945, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  d. Nov 1945, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia (Age 0 years) | | 12. Dorothy Mae Burress b. 3 Sep 1936, Tazewell County, Virginia  d. 20 Jun 2014, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida (Age 77 years) | | 13. George Richard Burress b. 29 Mar 1927, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 18 Sep 2004, Canton, Stark, Ohio (Age 77 years) | | 14. Thomas Jefferson Burress b. 20 May 1925 d. 30 Dec 1978, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 53 years) | | 15. Raymond Lee Burress b. 26 July 1935 d. May 1978 (Age 42 years) | |