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Robert Lee Burnside, age 87 of Covington, passed away Sunday,
January 22, 2012 at the Covington Care Center.
Robert was born in Piqua on April 25, 1924 to the (late) Ulysses Grant
& Marie (Warner) Burnside; was an owner/operator truck driver and had owned
Burnside Wrecker Service; and had worked for Beaver & Heilman's. Preceded in death by his parents; wife of 65
years, Betty Jane (Free) Burnside; 2 brothers, John Burnside & Grant
"Duke" Burnside; infant sister; also sisters, Hazel Ilene Kaser &
Nellie Chalmers. Robert
is survived by
his son, Robert L. Burnside Jr. of Diboll, TX; daughter and son-in-law,
Barbara
L. & David Ross of Covington; four grandchildren, Stacey Ross &
Bob
Hicks of Lockington, David & wife, Amber Ross of Horatio, Lora
&
husband, Terry Mason of Diboll, TX, Ann & husband, David Youngblood
of
Nacogdoches, TX; six great-grandchildren, Jess-E Ross, Justin Sowers,
Derik
Sowers, Brittney Sowers, Shelby Ross, Gracee Hall; six
great-great-grandchildren; brother, Clarence "Tub" Burnside of
IN; sisters and brother-in-law, Evadell & Dan Davis of
Houston, Nancy Lou
Hickey of IN, Alice and Will Rice of Sidney; other relatives and
friends.
Funeral service Thursday, 1:00 P.M. at the Bridges-Stocker-Fraley
Funeral Home, Covington with Pastor Dan Scalf officiating. Interment Miami Memorial Park Cemetery,
Covington. The family will receive
friend 5-8 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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