Obituary of Burley Burgess

WEST COLUMBIA: Funeral services for Burley Burgess, Jr., 78, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at West Side Baptist Church, officiated by Reverend Clint Lawyer. Interment will follow at Celestial Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday evening at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to West Side Baptist Church, 2100 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia, SC 29169 or to Mt. Ebal Baptist Church, 5 Lion Loop, Batesburg, SC 29006. Mr. Burgess passed away Friday, March 8, 2013. Born in Lexington County, SC, he was a son of the late Burley Burgess, Sr., and Daisy Fox Burgess. He worked at Kline Iron and Steel for 47 years. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Rebecca "Becky" Gunter Burgess of West Columbia; daughter, Angela "Angie" Mack and husband Hanley of Batesburg; son, Craig Burgess and wife Julie of West Columbia; sisters, Eloise Hall of Batesburg, and Betty Garrett of Goodlettsville, TN; two grand dogs and four grand cats.