Simmie was born in 1943 to Tom Burke and Myrtle Alday. He married on 05 Mar 1971 to an unknown woman, after divorcing his previous wife, Carolyn, in Apr 1966 . When he passed away in 2013, he was buried in the Garden of the Last Supper, Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida, next to his parents.
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"Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK7R-1PB : accessed 9 April 2015), Simmie Burl Burke and Carolyn F Burke, Apr 1966; from "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Leon, Florida, certificate 7253, volume 1175, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
"Florida, Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJDK-XKQ : accessed 9 April 2015), Simmie Burl Burke and MM9.1.1/VJDK-XK7:, 05 Mar 1971; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ7G-4CKL : accessed 9 April 2015), Simmie B Burke, Residence, Tallahassee, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at Garden of the Last Supper in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZZ-T1Q : accessed 9 April 2015), Simmie B Burke, 23 Feb 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-9ZMY : accessed 9 April 2015), Simmie Burl Burke, 2013; Burial, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States of America, Memory Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 33889104, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.