Alice Marie (Atkins) Burgess (1915 - 2006)

Born 15 Dec 1915 in Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Lex Burgess — married 24 Jun 1939 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Died 8 Feb 2006 at age 90 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Alice was a Music Teacher.

Alice (Atkins) Burgess is a Tennessean.

The Life Summary of Alice Marie (Atkins) Burgess:

When Alice Marie Atkins was born on 15 December 1915, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Joseph William Atkins, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Loretta Roberts, was 19.^[1]

In 1920 and 1930, Alice lived in Vonore, Monroe, Tennessee, United States with her parents and siblings.^[2][3]

She married William Lex Burgess on 24 June 1939, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States.^[4]

They had four (4) children together.

She lived in Rural, Morgan, Tennessee and Beaverdam Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1940 with her husband and children.^[5]

She died on 8 February 2006, in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 90,^[6] and was biried in New Providence Cemetery, Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee, United States.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LTKF-L4B
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN56-W9W : 3 February 2021), Alice Atkins in entry for Joe Atkins, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHC-B73 : accessed 4 August 2022), Alice Atkins in household of Joe Atkins, District 4, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 6A, line 46, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2267; FHL microfilm 2,342,001.
4. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-T421 : 10 March 2021), William Lex Burgess and Alice Marie Atkins, 24 Jun 1939; citing Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,786.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWS3-5M2 : 9 January 2021), Alice Burgess in household of Lex Burgess, Beaverdam Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-1A, sheet 9B, line 43, family 189, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2889.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTXS-ZJX : 11 January 2021), Alice M Burgess, 08 Feb 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152971130/alice-marie-burgess

Obituary

BURGESS, ALICE MARIE ATKINS - age 90 widow of Lex W. Burgess of Tellico Plains, answered Jesus' call on Wednesday, February 8, 2006. She was born December 15, 1915 the daughter of the late Reverend Joseph and Sally Roberts Atkins. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved playing the piano and singing. Member of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church. Former teacher's aide and teacher for the Monroe County School System. She was also preceded in death by daughter Betty Burgess, grandson Carl Burgess, great-grandson William Jude Burgess, brother, Kinley Atkins. Survivors: children and spouses, Bill and Carolyn Burgess, Vonore, Larry and Linda Burgess, Cherry Log, GA, Carol Burgess, Maryville grandchildren and spouses, Kim Alexander, Angie and Mark Hall, Steve and Michelle Burgess, all of Fayetteville, GA, Teresa Burgess, Mike and Janice Burgess, all of Vonore, Lisa and Alan Bradford, Alicia Burgess, all of Knoxville great-grandchildren, Danielle, Caleb, Abby and Anna Alexander, Jared and Sarah Hall, Kimberly, Austin and Joseph Bradford, Jennifer, Mikayla and Micah Burgess sister, Anna Lee Jones, Tellico Plains brothers and spouses, Joseph Eugene and Betty Atkins, Alcoa, Tom and Ann Atkins, Etowah sister-in-law, Marilyn Atkins- Tellico Plains. Funeral 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Biereley-Hale Chapel, Rev. James Atkins officiating. Interment 2:00 p.m. Sunday, New Providence Cemetery. Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Tellico Plains.

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