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James Clarence Burris Sr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal March 11, 1998

Funeral services for Mr. James Clarence Burris Sr., age 83, of Tallulah, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, 
March 9, in the chapel of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Rushing officiating. Burial 
followed in Memorial Park Cemetery in Tallulah.

Mr. Burris died Friday, March 6, 1998, at his home in Tallulah after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Burris was a retired machine operator who had lived in Tallulah for many years. He was a member of 
the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by a son, William Otis (Billy) Burris.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy M. Burris of Tallulah; six daughters: Rose Williams of Wewoka, Okla., 
Ruby Melugin of Gurdon, Ark., Bobbi Post of St. Paul, Minn., Wanda Whitley, Lorene Mathews and Jewel Ghrigsby, 
all of Tallulah; one son, James Clarence (Jim) Burris II of Tendal; one brother, Y. Z. Burris of Malvern, Ark.; 
one sister, Imogene Smart of Benton, Ark.; 19 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Scott Whitley, Roger Melugin, Mark Mathews, Steven Whitley, Sam Westmoreland and Earl Melugin.

Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements