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Submitted: 5/6/22 • Approved: 5/9/22 • Last Updated: 5/12/22 • R511692-G0-S3
Texas
WAGONER 33 Company 20 Engineers
World War I
March 10, 1891-April 8, 1959
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Burgess [sic]Funeral Monday, 2 p.m.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday for C.V. Burgess [sic], 68, of Hereford. They will be held in Rose Chapel of Gililland Funeral Home with Russell Ingalls, minister of the Central Church of Christ, officiating.
Mr. Burgess [sic] died Wednesday about 10:45 p.m. in Deaf Smith County Hospital after an illness of about six years.
Burial will be in Hereford's West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Pete Carmichael, H.L. Hershey, Abe Martin, Ray Polan, Buck Parsons and John D. Pitman.
Mr. Burgess [sic] was born March 10, 1891, in Eastland County, Texas. He was married to Willie Lundry on May 1 1923, in Mangum, Okla. He moved to Deaf Smith County from McLean in 1920. Mr. Burgess [sic] was a farmer, had been a veteran of World War I and was a member of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Willie Burgess [sic] of Hereford; six sons, Clint Lundry of Hereford, Bill Lundry of Wichita, Kan., Vernon Burgess [sic], C.V. Burgess [sic] Jr., LeRoy Burgess [sic] and Melvin Burgess [sic], all of Hereford; two daughters, Mrs. Dora B. Hamilton of Hereford and Mrs. Aletha Stanford of Mesquite, Tex.; two brothers, Rather Burgess [sic] and Arevilla Burgess [sic], both of Lancaster, Calif.; six sisters, Mrs. A.L. Yates of Fort Worth, Mrs. Nora Harvey of Palmsdale, Calif., Mrs. V.F. Digby of Barstow, Calif., Mrs. Emma Knight of Rush Springs, Okla., Mrs. Della Hamilton of Fort Worth and Mrs. Eula Smith of Arkansas; and 13 grandchildren.
(Published in The Sunday Brand, Vol. 11 - No. 41, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, April 12, 1959, Page 1,2)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: C V Burges
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1891
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Residence Place: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Caskey V Burges
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1891
Marriage Date: 1 May 1923
Marriage Place: Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Willie Lundry
Film Number: 001902486
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Caskey Virgil Burges
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1891
Residence Place: Hereford, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Caskey V Burges
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1891
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Precinct 1, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 8 Apr 1959
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Willie Lundry
Film Number: 001902486
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Name: Caskey V Burges
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1891
Service Number: 159337
Unit: 33rd Co. 20 Engineers Eng Corps
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1917
Discharge Date: 22 Feb 1919
Death Date: 8 Apr 1959
Cemetery: West Park Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Hereford, Texas, USA
Contributed on 5/6/22 by neldapat
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