Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Burks, Samuel J. 154508

Birth: 03/20/1854 Death: 07/02/1929 Marriage:

Cemetery: Knights of Honor (CTRNE)

Record Source: The Deport News, Texas Death Certificate, Headstone

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

Notes

THE DEPORT NEWS, 4 Jul 1929: “J. Burks, 73, who had lived at Blossom 30 years died at home there Tuesday morning of heart failure. He is survived by his wife and three sons and three daughters."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: S J Burks
Sex: Male
Age: 76
Death Date: 02 Jul 1929
Death Place: Blossom, Lamar, Texas, United States
Marital Status: Married
Father’s Name: George Burks
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1856
Birthplace: Tennessee
Record Number: 36493
GS Film Number: 2114967
Digital Folder Number: 005145222
Image Number: 03091
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QQ-2X2 : 20 February 2021), S J Burks, 02 Jul 1929; citing certificate number 36493, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,967.

On the same stone with Nannie Burks.”

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