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Billy Joe Gunn
Services for Billy Joe Gunn of Rockwall, a retired supervisory technician for Texas
Instruments, were held May 28 at Daingerfield Church of Christ in Daingerfield, Texas.
Mr. Gunn, 66, died of cancer May 24 at his home. "He was well-loved and will be missed
sorely," said his wife, Edna Gunn. Mr. Gunn enjoyed woodworking and liked to travel,
Mrs. Gunn said. "But the grandkids, Brandon and Franklin [Gunn], were his main
attention," she said. Other survivors include two sons, Billy Arthur "Artie" Gunn of
Linden, Texas, and Paul Gunn of Rockwall; a daughter, Kathy Gunn of Dallas; two
brothers, Leon Gunn of Pittsburg, Texas, and Roy Gunn of Gainesville, Texas; and two
sisters, Mary Otis Stevens and Clara Mae Rich, both of Fort Worth. - Dallas Morning Star
- 6-8-2001
Billy Ray Gunn,
69, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. (Ott & Lee,
Forest, 601-469-3412). Published in the Clarion Ledger on 6/15/2007. Lena,
Mississippi—Mr. Billy Ray Gunn, 69, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at MS Baptist
Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007, at
Cash Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. M.L. Wallace officiated. Ott
& Lee Funeral Home in Forest handled arrangements
Birdie Gunn Burleson
December 21, 2003, Birdie Burleson of Bryan, Texas, passed away Friday at St. Joseph
Regional Hospital at the age of 98. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 22 from
noon till 2:00 P.M. Funeral Services will begin at 2:00 P.M. following the visitation on
Monday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Huntsville. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn
Cemetery. Birdie Burleson was an exceedingly generous and loving woman. She was born
at Wolf's Crossing near Kingsland, Texas, December 11, 1905 to wonderful parents,
Francis Littleton Gunn and Cena Laura Ricketson Gunn. Her husband, Dr. Jesse Burleson
was head of the Foreign Language Department at Sam Houston State University. She
taught science for many years in Huntsville where they lived for fifty years. Birdie and
Jesse organized a field school in Puebla, Mexico, for SHSU students. Birdie loved talking,
quilting, painting, Mexico, cooking, travel, nature and science. She had an incredibly keen
sense of humor and made wonderful buttermilk and pecan pies. She was a great friend and
will be missed greatly by her family and friends. She and Jesse enabled and assisted the
education of many member of their families and friends. Their home was a dormitory for
many years. Birdie was survived by five sisters, Zola Knowles of Bryan, LaRhesa McNair
of Bryan, Oleta Smith of Huntsville, Mary House of Bryan, Hazel Jackson of San Antonio;
one brother, Floyd Gunn of Bryan; one son, Glynn Burleson of Shepherd; three
grandsons,Edward Burleson of Dallas, David Burleson of Dallas and another Edward
Burleson of Houston; one granddaughter, Katy Hunt of Houston; two great
granddaughters and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her
husband Jesse Burleson, her son Charles Burleson, and her brothers Roy Gunn, Ralph
Gunn (John and Susan Gunn of Robeson County, NC desc)
Blanche Andrea Gunn,