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"By and For the Descendants of Henry Burkett & Mary 'Polly' Epley Burkett"

   

National Cemeteries &   
State Veteran's Cemeteries


Many of our Burkett Family members are buried in 31 National Cemeteries and in 6 State Veteran's Cemeteries located in 19 different states, throughout the country, from coast to coast and from border to border.
Direct descendants listed in bold font.

Burkett Descendants & Spouses
Buried in National Cemeteries

 

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Remarks

Alexandria National Cemetery  Pineville, Louisiana

  Camp, Augustus 16 Jan 1899 29 Jun 1964 U.S. Army, WW-I
Arlington National Cemetery  Arlington, Virginia
  Burkett, Cloyce Oral 4 Nov 1930 8 Oct 1967 U.S. Air Force, Vietnam
Crosby, Bobby Ruth (Hamilton) 9 Sep 1925 11 Sep 2016 Wife of Phillip
Crosby, Philip 23 Oct 1922 14 Jul 2003 U.S. Navy, WW-II+, husband of Bobby
  Crowe, Jimmie Lee 1 Mar 1929 9 Jun 1984  

 McMahon, Marvin Ray

30 Sep 1933 17 Nov 2017 U.S. Navy, Korea, Vietnam, husband of Joan
  Perryman, George Ira, Jr. 22 Aug 1921 20 Apr 2006 U.S. Army WW-II
  Tissaw, George Howard 31 Dec 1929 15 Jun 2006 U.S. Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery  Pensacola, Florida
  Hammett, Floyd Edward 1 Nov 1927 2 Jan 1996 U.S. Air Force, WW-II +
Calverton National Cemetery  Calverton, New York
  Sharkey, James Aloysius 21 Jun 1929 4 Jun 1993 U.S. Air Force, WW-II + husband of Betty
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery  Dallas, Texas
Brown, James David 23 Feb 1959 15 Jun 2010 U.S. Army, husband of Linda
Christian, John Edwin 3 Oct 1945 15 Jun 2010 U.S. Army, husband of Linda

 Coleman, Kenneth Wesley

13 Aug 1934 14 Jul 2017  
Dickerson, Paul J. 20 Sep 1937 12 Jun 2010 U.S. Marine Corps, husband of Beverly
  Kardash, Nicholas 17 Feb 1914 10 Jan 2002 U.S. Army. WW-II
  Kardash, Stella Mae (Massey) 1 Dec 1924 2 Aug 2005 Wife of Nicholas
McGowan, Walter Edward 14 Jun 1923 24 Dec 2014 U.S. Navy Res. & U.S. Army Res.
McGowan, Jean Bedell (Pauli) 16 Nov 1930 10 Nov 2015 Wife of Walter
Petty, Donald Ray 9 Feb 1932 11 Feb 2003 U.S. Army, husband of Claris
  Smith, Wanda B. (Evans) 18 Nov 1925 18 Sep 2008 Wife of Arnold
  Yazzo, Nicholas Michael 31 May 1928 22 May 2009 U.S. Air Force, husband of Sarah
  Young, Frederick Leroy, Jr. 30 Dec 1925 19 Sep 2004 U.S. Navy, WW-II, husband of Margaret
Dayton National Cemetery  Dayton, Ohio
  Martin, Wanda Lee (Purcell) 15 Jun 1927 6 Oct 1999 Wife of Phillip
Eagle Point National Cemetery  Eagle Point, Oregon
Bruce, Roy Ernest 2 Apr 1924 17 Aug 1992 U.S. Navy, WW-II
Bruce, Leota May (Lock) 29 Mar 1930 30 Aug 2014 Wife of Roy
Fayetteville National Cemetery  Fayetteville, Arkansas
  Duncan, Clifford Benson 17 Jan 1920 13 Aug 1984 U.S Navy, WW-II
  Duncan, Lola May (Lindeen) 21 Jan 1919 9 Jan 2003 U.S Navy, WW-II, & wife of Clifford
Florida National Cemetery  Bushnell, Florida
Porter, Robert Lee 23 Oct 1929 19 Feb 2014 U.S. Army, Korea
Porter, Susan G. (Joannini) 11 Apr 1951 18 Jan 2016 Wife of Robert
Wright, Dudley Thomas 30 Aug 1929 10 Sep 1996 U.S. Navy, Korea, husband of Rose
Fort Bliss National Cemetery  El Paso, Texas
  Lynch, William Lynn 11 Oct 1948 11 May 1999 U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam
Fort Gibson National Cemetery  Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
  Downing, Kathryn Irene (Murray) 13 Sep 1925 10 Dec 1984 Wife of William
  Downing, William Jesse 12 Sep 1922 4 Dec 1994 U.S. Army, WW-II
Fort Logan National Cemetery  Denver, Colorado
Blair, Robert Carlisle 16 Jan 1948 9 Mar 2006 U.S. Air Force, husband of Stephanie
Huggins, James Blaine 7 Jan 1920 13 Mar 1984 U.S. Army, WW-II
Little, Yvonne Grace (Kelley) 17 Jun 1919 18 Feb 1970 Wife of Eugene
McMahon, Billy Wayne 9 Dec 1944 26 Jan 2016 U.S. Air Force
Stewart, Herbert Eugene 17 Feb 1930 27 Jun 2011 U.S. Army, Korea
Stewart, Hubert Dean 14 Oct 1931 29 May 2004  
Suppi, Arthur Allen 19 Sep 1949 20 Nov 2015 U.S. Air Force, Viet Nam
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery  San Diego, California
Edmondson, Merle Mason 23 Oct 1921 26 Jul 1993 U.S. Navy, WW-II
Hill, Irene Jacqulina (Bruce) 12 Sep 1907 6 Nov 1993 Wife of Earl
Hill, Earl Ellis 15 Jun 1913 22 Feb 1990 U.S. Army, WW-II, husband of Irene
Masters, Billy Gene 14 Dec 1931 29 Sep 1988 U.S. Navy, Korea, husband of Patricia
Pezdark, Thelma Avesta (Kent) 28 Nov 1908 7 May 1957 First wife of Carl Burkette
Rust, Raymond Peter 10 Apr 1895 20 Apr 1949 U.S. Army, WW-II

Rust, Hazel Rae (McCall)

1 Jan 1897 16 Jan 1994 Wife of Raymond
Safford, Edwin Jackson 29 Apr 1888 27 Jul 1954 U.S. Army, WW-II, husband of Laura
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery  San Antonio, Texas
Burkett, Vollie Odus 21 Oct 1903 27 Sep 1973 U.S. Air Force, WW-II
Cox, Ray Ezra 5 Nov 1920 11 May 2008 U.S. Air Force, WW-II
Murray, Roy Gene 19 Jun 1926 16 Jul 2001 U.S. Navy, WW-II+
Fort Snelling National Cemetery  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Beaver, Joseph Charles, PhD 20 Aug 1920 22 May 2004 U.S. Coast Guard, WW-II
Beaver, Verna Holle (Tamborelle) 11 Aug 1922 10 Jan 2017 U.S. Navy, WW-II, wife of Joseph
Georgia National Cemetery  Canton, Georgia
Rowe, Doyle Joe 28 Mar 1934 9 Jul 2014 U.S. Air Force, Korea, Vietnam
Rowe, Patricia Ann (Felkner) 10 Jun 1934 2 Jan 2005 Wife of Doyle
Golden Gate National Cemetery  San Bruno, California
Presley, Samuel Paul 3 Feb 1928 3 Sep 1964 U.S. Marine Corps, Korea

 Houston National Cemetery  Houston, Texas

Pike, Clara Belle (Clevenger) 8 Oct 1919 19 Nov 1993 Wife of Orlis
Pike, Orlis Van 1 Oct 1919 12 Feb 2005 U.S. Navy, WW-II
Plyler, Sam Bodie 4 Nov 1917 2 Aug 1970 WW-II, husband of Dorothy
Jacksonville National Cemetery  Jacksonville, Florida
Clevenger, Charles Douglas 19 Jun 1941 31 Mar 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, Korea+
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery  Saint Louis, Missouri 
Allen, Theresa E. (Sackett) 20 Aug 1913 28 Dec 1999 Wife of Walter
Allen, Walter Alexander 14 Jan 1910 1 Jul 1998 U.S. Army, WW-II
Burkett, Lavon W. 3 Jul 1923 3 Mar 1995 U.S. Army, WW-II
Jefferson, Van Louis 11 Jan 1946 6 Nov 2003 U.S. Air Force, Vietnam, husband of Cheryl
Wright, Winsome Enid (Hoyle) 20 Jan 1934 7 Mar 2011 Wife of Lavon
Leavenworth National Cemetery  Leavenworth, Kansas
Burkett, Herbert Neil 22 May 1933 24 Apr 2011 U.S. Coast Guard, Korea

Little Rock National Cemetery  Little Rock, Arkansas

Carson, Ella Mae (Shock) 29 Jan 1925 2 Apr 1972 Wife of Jack
Carson, Jack Dempsey 4 Jul 1921 30 Nov 2001 U.S. Army Air Corps, WW-II
Crawford, Frank Wallace 3 Aug 1914 18 Jul 1977 WW-II
Crawford, Georgia Kathlyn (Clem) 8 Dec 1916 6 Jun 1996 Wife of Frank
Nashville National Cemetery  Nashville, Tennessee
Burkett, Bob Preston, Sr. 13 May 1923 22 Nov 1988 U.S. Navy, WWII 
Burkett, Wilburn Lee 24 Nov 1924 27 Jan 1984 U.S. Navy, WWII
Burkett, William Wauford, Jr 1 Jan 1922 28 Aug 1944 U.S. Army, WW-II
Kirby, Leora (Burkett) 14 May 1909 24 Apr 1975 Wife of Louis
Kirby, Louis Delmon 8 Jun 1909 4 Sep 1973 U.S. Navy, WWII
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona  Phoenix, Arizona
  Beauchamp, Howard William 25 Oct 1928 3 Sep 2012 U.S. Army, Korea, husband of Exa
  Bradbury, John 4 Dec 1923 14 Feb 1994 U.S. Army, WW-II, husband of Josephine
  Brown, Johnnie Mae (Jones) 1 May 1929 17 Jul 2009 Wife of Joseph
  Brown, Joseph Wesley 26 Feb 1929 7 Sep 1982 U.S. Army
  Bruce, Beatrice V. 10 Nov 1923 27 May 1990 Wife of Alvin
Burkett, Joyce Elaine (Lindhart) 4 Aug 1920 4 Mar 1982 Wife of Prentiss
Burkett, Prentiss Brackton 10 Jul 1915 3 Nov 1984 U.S. Air Force
Fannin, Robert Wilson, Jr. 24 Jun 1947 2 Feb 2012 U.S. Navy, Vietnam
Grubbs, Charles Thomas 19 Jun 1937 3 Jul 2015 U.S. Air Force, Korea
Miller, Valera Nellita (Rawlings) 30 May 1916 6 Jul 1991 Wife of James and Jack
Spradling, Lee Roy 23 Aug 1935 20 Mar 2000 U.S. Air Force, Korea
Tracy, Frank Wesley, Jr. 15 May 1921 14 Sep 1993 U.S. Navy, WW-II
Prescott National Cemetery  Prescott, Arizona
  Allen, Charles Richard 21 May 1932 13 Aug 2011 U.S. Army, Korea
Riverside National Cemetery  Riverside, California
  Macias, Alex S. 9 Jun 1931 25 Jan 1993 U.S. Army, Korea, husband of Betty
  McCall, Earl Branford 5 Nov 1936 26 Aug 2006 U.S. Navy, WW-II
  Shelton, Harold Eugene 17 Aug 1922 2 Sep 1987 WW-II
  Vlachos, Emanuel James 11 Sep 1938 25 Feb 2008 U.S. Marine Corps, husband of Diana
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery  Santa Nella, California
 Stanley James Beecher 9 Oct 1937 22 Apr 2013 U.S. Army
Lewis, Donald Cleo 26 Dec 1943 19 Apr 2008 U.S. Army, Vietnam
Wallace, Gary Allen 13 Nov 1955 29 Jan 2011  
Santa Fe National Cemetery  Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Guthrie, Fay 8 Feb 1904 24 Jan 1982 U.S. Navy, WW-II
  Guthrie, Ruth Gene (Price) 21 Jun 1914 28 Jun 1998 Wife of Fay
  Guthrie, Wyman Wilson 29 Jul 1932 25 Mar 1980 U.S. Army, Korea
South Florida National Cemetery  Lake Worth, Florida
  Purser, Henry Albert 23 Sep 1915 3 Mar 2012 U.S. Army, WW-II
  Purser, Ruth (Falgut) 15 Jul 1921 29 Sep 2011 Wife of Henry
Tahoma National Cemetery  Kent, Washington
  Boucher, William John 16 Jul 1925 18 Aug 1991 U.S. Army, Korea, husband of Carolyn
Willamette National Cemetery  Portland, Oregon
  Berger, Carl Peter 1 Aug 1923 15 Dec 2005 U.S. Army, WW-II
  Berger, Mildred Eloise (Johnson) 3 Aug 1927 23 Oct 1994 Wife of Carl
  Bruce, Marguerite (Remerscheid) 13 Jun 1913 30 Apr 1994 Wife of Wilfred
  Bruce, Wilfred Wayne 17 Mar 1917 3 Jul 1977 U.S. Marine Corps, WW-II
Warner, Candice Renee 30 Apr 1965 6 Apr 1985 Wife of David

 

Burkett Descendants & Spouses
Buried in State Veteran’s Cemeteries

 

Name Birth Date Death Date Remarks

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Arkansas State Veteran’s Cemetery  North Little Rock, Arkansas

Burns, Donald 28 Oct 1949 28 Oct 2013 U.S. Marines, Vietnam, husband of Judy
Clem, Doyne Carroll 23 Feb 1937 27 Feb 2015 U.S. Navy, Vietnam and elsewhere
Central Texas State Cemetery  Killeen, Texas
  Dyrdahl, Kermitt Jerome, Jr. 26 Jan 1942 4 Jun 2010 U.S. Air Force, husband of Valarie
Doye Lorena Fannin (Burkett) 21 Aug 1924 10 Jun 2015 Wife of Robert
Delaware Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery  Bear, Delaware
  Elrod, Frances Jean (Davis) 11 Oct 1926 16 Jan 2011 Wife of Edward
Middle Tennessee State Veteran’s Cemetery  Nashville, Tennessee
  Thomson, Herman, Jr. 29 Mar 1926 11 Oct 2005 U.S. Navy, WW-II
  Brentner, Harold Ray 27 Oct 1962 5 Nov 2001 U.S. Army, Gulf War, husband of Tammy
Southern Nevada Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery  Boulder City, Nevada
John Ramey Tissaw 15 Nov 1921 18 May 2007 U.S. Army, WW-II
Jeannette Irene Tissaw (Escoffier) 27 Aug 1923 19 Dec 1999 Wife of John
Southwest Virginia Veteran’s Cemetery  Dublin, Virginia
Albright, George Alexander 14 Sep 1922 24 May 2011 U.S. Army, WW-II+, husband of Juanita
       

(Last Updated 11/26/17)

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