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Betty Winona

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Burgess

Jul 14, 1935 — Sep 23, 2011

Obituary

Funeral service for Betty Winona Burgess, 76, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in the New Post Chapel, Fort Sill. Mrs. Burgess died Friday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the South Bend Cemetery in South Bend, Texas, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Mrs. Burgess was born July 14, 1935 in Graham, Texas, to Melvin and Norma (Forrest) Collinsworth, Sr. She grew up in Graham, Texas, and attended Graham High School. She moved to Artesia, New Mexico, at the age of 16 and a short time later married Billy Wayne Burgess, Sr. on July 3, 1952 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on January 6, 2010 Mrs. Burgess was homemaker and as her children grew she served as a volunteer leader with PTA, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. She particularly enjoyed the fall season. She is survived by four children, Bill Burgess, Jr. and longtime daughter in law, Sylvia Burgess, Lawton, Brad Burgess and wife Karen, Lawton, Bridget Burgess, Lawton, and Barbie Sheffield and husband W. Blaine, Edmond, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Martin Newby, Warren Newby, Bradley Burgess, Corbin Burgess, Beverly Burgess, Christopher Tipps, Taylor Burgess, Brantly Sheffield and Braxton Sheffield; two great grandchildren, Blake Walker Burgess and Kimberlyn Peyton Newby; a brother, Melvin Collinsworth, Jr. Two children, Bobby Don and Becky Kay Burgess, and a sister, Ida Mae Biddle, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the South Bend Cemetery Association, attn: Mary Braddock, 1010 Westwood Drive, Graham TX 76450. The family will greet friends from 6-7 pm Monday at the funeral home.

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