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Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress

Male 1891 - 1946  (55 years)Deceased

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  • Name Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress 
    • 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.
    Birth 18 Sep 1891  Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Census 1900 1900  Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWI Draft Card 1917  Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920 1920  Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930 1930  Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 31 Jul 1935  St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 29 Jan 1936  St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 19 Sep 1936  North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940 1940  St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWII Draft Card 1942  Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 Dec 1946  Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    		Lake Burress Death Certificate
    Burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 10 siblings 
    Person ID P992  Burress

    Father Benjamin Rush Burress
              b. 30 Sep 1857, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 01 Apr 1937, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Emeline "Emma" Cox
              b. 18 Oct 1859, Floyd County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Nov 1954, Mercer County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 09 Aug 1877  Tazewell County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Myrtle Reynolds
              b. 26 Jul 1898, Pikeville, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Jun 1978, Salem, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1 Apr 1916  Mingo, Williamson, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    		Lake Burress & Myrtle Reynolds Marriage
    Children 3 daughters 
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1891 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus 1900 - 1900 - Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWWI Draft Card - 1917 - Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus 1920 - 1920 - Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus 1930 - 1930 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - Lake Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, who was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Monday for an emergency operation is improving. - 31 Jul 1935 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - 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. - 29 Jan 1936 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - Lake Burress hurt in fall from freight car - 19 Sep 1936 - North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus 1940 - 1940 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWWII Draft Card - 1942 - Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Dec 1946 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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