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Submitted: 5/18/21 • Approved: 5/19/21 • Last Updated: 5/22/21 • R419667-G419666-S3
Robert Lee
1874-1953
Mason
Sudie F.
1881-1967
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Robert
MAGNOLIA, Ark. - Robert E. Lee Burke, 78, native of De Ann, Hempstead County, who lived at present in Borger, Tex., died of a heart attack Friday after he entered his car with his wife to start home after a two-weeks visit here with his daughter, Mrs. Leon Gill. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sudie Harris-Burke, also a native of Hempstead County; two daughters, Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Lora Grawford [sic], Dumas, Tex.; six sons, Jack and Coy Colvert, Borger, Tex.; Shelby and Minured Colvert, Denver, Col.; Shelton of Mortan [sic], Tex., and Doc of Quanah, Tex.
A short service was held Saturday morning by the Rev. E.L. Thomas, and the body was ten to Borger for other services and burial.
(Published in The Shreveport Journal (Shreveport, Louisiana) - 27 Apr 1953, Mon - Page 32)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: R L Burke
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1875
Residence: DeAnn, Hempstead, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Sudie Harris
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: DeAnn, Hempstead, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1897
Marriage License Date: 24 Feb 1897
Marriage County: Hempstead
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1005880
Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969
Name: Robert Lee Burke
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Age: 78
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1874
Birth Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Death Date: 24 Apr 1953
Death Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, USA
Father: William Burke
Mother: Mary Burke
Certificate Number: 4091
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Robert Lee Burke
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1874
Birth Place: Nr Hope, Arkansas
Claim Date: 8 Dec 1944
Notes: 25 Nov 1977: Name listed as ROBERT LEE BURKE
*Obituary Sudie F.
Final rites for Mrs. Sudie Frances Burke, 86, of Magnolia, Ark., are to be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday from First Methodist Church. The Rev. Rolle Davidson, pastor of Phillips Methodist Church will officiate.
Burial in Highland Park Cemetery will be under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Burke died in Magnolia Friday. Her body will be returned to Simpson Funeral Home at noon Sunday. She was a former, longtime resident, and a member of Magnolia, Ark., Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Gill of Magnolia; six sons, Coy and Jack Burke of Phillips, Shelby of LaSalle, Colo., Minuard of Westminister, Colo., Shelton of Morton, and D.D. Burke of Quanah.
One sister, Mrs. Hope Pittman of Texarkana; 29 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren, also survive.
Casketbearers are Loye Williams, Harold Davis, Bob Matthews, June Huntington, Glen Cogdill, and Edgar Kempson.
(Published in Borger News Herald, September 3, 1967)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Sudie Harris
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1879
Residence: DeAnn, Hempstead, Arkansas
Spouse's name: R L Burke
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Residence: DeAnn, Hempstead, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1897
Marriage License Date: 24 Feb 1897
Marriage County: Hempstead
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1005880
Contributed on 5/18/21
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