Services for Eskol Griggs Burkett Sr., 53, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Guys with the Rev. S.B. Moore officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery near Guys with S.B. Moore Funeral Home of Selmer in charge.
Mr. Burkett, a farmer, died Friday morning at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer after a short illness.
He was a Ramer native, a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Burkett; four daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Davis of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miss Quinn Burkett of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Mary Anita Vicente of Riverside, Calif., and Miss Angela Patricia Burkett of Ramer; four sons, Norman Ray Burkett, Lyndol Jerome Burkett and Edward Kenneth Burkett, all of Ramer, and Eskol G. Burkett Jr. of San Diego; his father Andy Burkett of Ramer; three brothers, Lloyd Burkett, Cottrey Burkett and Corteylou Burkett, all of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Vedolpu Stovall of New York City, Mrs. Gladys Fay Luster of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Hattie Bell Stackens of Selmer; and three grandchildren.
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) · 29 Mar 1982, Mon · Page 6
Mr. Burkett, a farmer, died Friday morning at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer after a short illness.
He was a Ramer native, a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Burkett; four daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Davis of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miss Quinn Burkett of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Mary Anita Vicente of Riverside, Calif., and Miss Angela Patricia Burkett of Ramer; four sons, Norman Ray Burkett, Lyndol Jerome Burkett and Edward Kenneth Burkett, all of Ramer, and Eskol G. Burkett Jr. of San Diego; his father Andy Burkett of Ramer; three brothers, Lloyd Burkett, Cottrey Burkett and Corteylou Burkett, all of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Vedolpu Stovall of New York City, Mrs. Gladys Fay Luster of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Hattie Bell Stackens of Selmer; and three grandchildren.
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) · 29 Mar 1982, Mon · Page 6
Services for Eskol Griggs Burkett Sr., 53, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Guys with the Rev. S.B. Moore officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery near Guys with S.B. Moore Funeral Home of Selmer in charge.
Mr. Burkett, a farmer, died Friday morning at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer after a short illness.
He was a Ramer native, a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Burkett; four daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Davis of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miss Quinn Burkett of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Mary Anita Vicente of Riverside, Calif., and Miss Angela Patricia Burkett of Ramer; four sons, Norman Ray Burkett, Lyndol Jerome Burkett and Edward Kenneth Burkett, all of Ramer, and Eskol G. Burkett Jr. of San Diego; his father Andy Burkett of Ramer; three brothers, Lloyd Burkett, Cottrey Burkett and Corteylou Burkett, all of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Vedolpu Stovall of New York City, Mrs. Gladys Fay Luster of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Hattie Bell Stackens of Selmer; and three grandchildren.
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) · 29 Mar 1982, Mon · Page 6
Mr. Burkett, a farmer, died Friday morning at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer after a short illness.
He was a Ramer native, a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Burkett; four daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Davis of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miss Quinn Burkett of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Mary Anita Vicente of Riverside, Calif., and Miss Angela Patricia Burkett of Ramer; four sons, Norman Ray Burkett, Lyndol Jerome Burkett and Edward Kenneth Burkett, all of Ramer, and Eskol G. Burkett Jr. of San Diego; his father Andy Burkett of Ramer; three brothers, Lloyd Burkett, Cottrey Burkett and Corteylou Burkett, all of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Vedolpu Stovall of New York City, Mrs. Gladys Fay Luster of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Hattie Bell Stackens of Selmer; and three grandchildren.
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) · 29 Mar 1982, Mon · Page 6
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