Emery "Red" Hamilton Burress

1907 - 26 Sep1961

• Name	Emery "Red" Hamilton Burress
  Birth	27 Jan 1907	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Census 1910	1910	Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 6 327 Raleigh Burress Head Male White 1883 27 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 327 Cana M Burress Wife Female White 1885 25 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 8 327 Walter Burress Son Male White 1902 8 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 9 327 Sarah R Burress Daughter Female White 1904 6 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 10 327 Bird B Burress Son Male White 1906 4 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 11 327 Emry H Burress Son Male White 1907 3 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 12 327 Dora E Burress Daughter Female White 1909 1 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia  ED:  District 0106   Transcript ID is  dbid=7884&iid=4454882_01428
  Census 1920	1920	Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 40 315 Rollo Baurrass Head Male White 1882 38 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia Truck Loyer 41 315 Kenny Baurrass Wife White 1885 35 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 42 315 Tilda Baurrass Daughter Female White 1904 16 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 43 315 Bird Baurrass Son Male White 1906 14 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 44 315 Emery Baurrass Son Male White 1908 12 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 45 315 Dora Baurrass Daughter Female White 1909 11 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia 46 315 Earnest Baurrass Son Male White 1911 9 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 47 315 Chairman Baurrass Son Male White 1913 7 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia 48 315 Georgia Baurrass Daughter Female White 1916 4 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 49 315 Lola Baurrass Daughter Female White 1917 3 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia  ED:  District 0051   Transcript ID is  dbid=6061&iid=4391496_00756
  Court	Dec 1934	McDowell County, West Virginia
  Court Indictment (Drunk) *(This is probably Emory Hamilton Burress and not Raleigh Hamilton Burress) State of Virginia Vs. Hamilton BurressDrunk
  Order Book - unknown December 1934 State of Virginia Vs. Hamilton Burress; DrunkUpon complaint and information on oath of Lick Puckett (?) Before me, R.L. Simpkins a Justice for West Virginia.? to the above complaint, I, R.L. Simpkins, Justice, issued a warrant the 10th day of December, 1934, directed to Lick Puckett (?) of said County and delivered the same ? to Lick Puckett (?) of McDowell County, West Virginia. Upon the 10th day of December, 1934, said Lick Puckett (?) executed said warrant by bringing before me, R.L. Simpkins, Justice aforesaid, at my office in said County and District, Big Creek, the above named defendant. Now on this 10th day of December, 1934, the defendant being arraigned his plea is that he is guilty ?? Proceeded to try the case. After hearing all the evidence and argument by counsel, the verdict of the court ?? the defendant is guilty. The defendant is therefore fined 1.00 - ? 3.20 - ? 1.25 ? Jail fine 10.95. Paid 12-12-34 #1162
  	E. H. Burress Criminal Docket
  Residence	1936	Huntington; Ceredo; Kenova, West Virginia
  City Directory Lists: Burress, Emory H. (Bessie A.) Occupations: first aid house 210 18th
  Newspaper	25 Nov 1936	Welch, McDowell, West Virginia
  Printed in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper, regarding Emery's second wife, Elizabeth.
  Charging that her husband, E.H. Burress, had "beaten me up." Mrs. Bessie Burress, of Welch, had Magistrate H.W. Herndon of Welch issue a warrant for his arrest Tuesday. Officers lodged him in jail to await a hearing before the magistrate.
  Draft Card	26 Oct 1940	Welch, McDowell, West Virginia
  Mrs Fannie Rose, Friend; Employed US Steel; 5'11, 182lb, Red Hair, Brown/Gray Eyes, Tattoo on right forearm.
  	Emery Burress WWII Draft Card
  	Emery Burress WWII Draft Card
  Note	1944	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Fake Obit from 1944 - Not sure why it was written, but there have been multiple stories of Emery faking his death to avoid authorities, or to try and get money for his "burial" from family. Or, it could be he was in some kind of accident and was really mistakenly considered deceased.
  Obit provided by Sue Seedorf. Taken from a Virginia Newspaper. Do not know of the name of the Newspaper or the date. I calculated what the date might have been going by the time my father Vernon was in the Navy. Former Countian Reported Killed In Fort Worth, Texas Emory H. Burress, 37, former resident of McDowell County, now in the army, was instantly killed in an automobile accident at Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday afternoon, according to word received here over the weekend. No details of the accident were received other than that the car was struck by a train, at a railroad crossing, killing Mr. Burress and injuring two women. Born in Tazewell County, Mr. Burress was employed for a few years by the Carter Coal Company, at Caretta, and later worked for a railroad company at Huntington. He had been in the west the past few years. He is survived by his father, Raleigh H. Burress of Cedar Bluff; four brothers, Sherman and Byrd, at Richlands, Va.; Ernest, at Caretta; and Perry Vernon, who is in the service. He also is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Tyler Bledsoe of Squire, WV and two sisters in Baltimore, Md. and a son, Vernon, who is in the US Navy.
  Court	Jan 1955	McDowell County, West Virginia
  West Virginia Vs. Emery Hamilton Burress (Unspecified)
  McDowell County, Court Records, Vol 5 Page 375, January 14, 1955. State of West virginia VS. Emery Hamilton Burress This day came the state by her attorney and the prisoner, Emery Hamilton Burress, in person and by counsel, was set to the bar of the court in custody of the keeper of the jail of this county and thereupon the prisoner demurred to and moved the court to quash the indictment against him herein and the court after maturely considering said demurrer and motion to quash doth overruled the same. Thereupon the prisoner for plea says that he is not guilty in manner and form as the sate in her indictment against him herein hath alleged and this he puts himself upon the county and the state doth the like, and by agreement the trial of this case is passed until the 18th day of January 1955 and the prisoner is remanded to jail. January 18, 1955 Court Records Page 395 State of West Virginia VS. Emery Hamilton Burress This day came the defendant in person and by counsel, and tendered and asked leave to file his demurrer to indictment No. 1 which leave is granted and said demurrer to indictment No. 1 is ordered filed. This day came the defendant in person and by counsel, and tendered and asked leave to file his demurrer to indictment No. 2 which leave is granted and said demurrer to indictment No. 2 is ordered filed.
  Death	26 Sep1961	Lansing, Clinton, Michigan
  	Died of a heart attack. Story from adopted daughter Patsy is that he came home from work and complained to Fannie that he wasn't feeling well. Fannie told him to go lay down and she would get him some aspirin. She she returned to the room she found him passed away.
  		Emery H. Burress Death Certificate
  		Actual obit for Emery (not the one in 1944) Lansing State Journal, MI 27-Sep-1961
  Siblings	11 siblings
  1. Raleigh Walter Burress           b. 7 Dec 1900, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 6 Apr 1915, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia  (Age 14 years) + 2. Matilda Gladys Burress           b. 7 Sep 1903, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 22 Jan 1977, MT Vernon, Knox, Ohio  (Age 73 years) + 3. Byrd Patton Burress           b. 11 Jul 1905, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 11 Jun 1971, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 65 years) + 4. Dora Helen Burress           b. 05 Feb 1909, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           bur. 1976, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age ~ 66 years) + 5. Ernest Arthur Burress           b. 11 June 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 01 June 1985, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan  (Age 73 years) + 6. Sherman Woodrow Burress           b. 19 Dec 1912, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           d. 27 Mar 1978, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)   7. Emerson William Burress           b. 15 Apr 1915, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           d. 06 Aug 1915, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 0 years) + 8. Georgia Emma Burress           b. 15 Apr 1915, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           d. 23 Jan 2004, Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania  (Age 88 years)   9. Lola Mae Burress           b. 19 Apr 1916, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           d. 02 Sep 1921, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 5 years)   10. Joseph S. Burress           b. 09 Feb 1920, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia   11. Perry Vernon "Jack" Burress           b. 09 Oct 1921, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia           d. Jul 1978, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age 56 years)
  Photos	2 Photos
  	Emory Hamilton Burress
  	Emery H. Burress
  Person ID	P2	Burress | My Ancestors

  
  

  Father	Raleigh "Raul" Hamilton Burress           b. 28 Aug 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 12 Oct 1964, Bristol, Virginia (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Cana Mae "Cannie" Combs           b. 6 April 1883, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 28 Feb 1927, War, McDowell, West Virginia (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1900	Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia
  Family ID	F204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Hazel Leona Palmer           b. 11 May 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 18 Jul 1932, Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	03 Aug 1927	Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia
  		Emery H. Burress and Hazel L. Palmer Marriage Record
  Children	+ 1. Vernon Hamilton Burress           b. 2 Jul 1929, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia           d. 13 Dec 1997, Crystal River, Citrus, Florida (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Elizabeth Alice "Bessie" Thompson           b. 2 Jul 1903, Summers County, West Virginia           d. 27 Nov 1939, McDowell County, West Virginia (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1934	McDowell County, West Virginia
  	Newspaper Notice in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph about the marriage of Bessie and Emery. 17 May 1934 McDowell County, West Virginia Miss Bessie Thompson, of War, became the bride of Emory H. Burris of Tazewell, Va Thr, May 17. They were married at the Methodist parsonage in the presence of friends with the Rev. C.E. Painter, officiating. Husband's Name Emory H. Burress { Marriage License } Husband's Age 28 Husband's Birthplace Tazewell, Virgina Husband's Residence War, West Virginia Husband's Condition Widow Husband's Father RH Burress Husband's Mother Cannie Husband's Occupation Miner Wife's Name Bessie Thompson Wife's Age 31 Wife's Birthplace McDowell, WV Wife's Residence War, McDowell, WV Wife's Condition Divorced Wife's Father Henry Wife's Mother Frances Marriage Date 17 May 1934 Marriage Place McDowell Co, West Virginia Performed By Chas. E. Painter
  		Emery Burress and Bessie Thompson
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 3	Frances "Fannie" Louise Alberty           b. 19 June 1904, Gary, McDowell, West Virginia           d. 6 Feb 1987, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1941	Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky
  Divorce	4 Dec 1945	McDowell County, West Virginia
  	December 4, 1945 Plaintiff: Fannie Louise Burress Defendant: Emory Hamilton Burress This cause came on this day to be heard upon the process duly executed upon the defendant by order of publication; upon the plaintiff's bill regularly filed at rules; the decree is properly entered thereon; and the cause regularly set for hearing by the complaintant, upon the plaintiffs affidavit that that defendant is not now engaged in military service of the United States; upon the evidence of the plaintiff and her witnessess taken in chambers in the presence of the Honorable Sidney L. Christie, Divorce Comissioner of McDowell County, after due and proper notice to said commissioner that a hearing of said cause would be demanded at this term of the court; and upon arguement of counsel on the part of the plaintiff upon consideration of all of which the court is of the opinion that the plaintiff entitled to relief prayed for in her said bill of complaint. It is therefore adjudged, ordered and decreed that the marriage heretofore celebrated between the plaintiff, Fannie Louise Burress and the defendant Emory H. Burress, be dissolved and they are hereby divorced from each other from the bonds of matrimony. The Court here calls to the attention of the parties that neither of them has the right to marry again until after 60 days from this date, unless they remarry each other and this cause having accomplished its purpose is ordered omitted from the docket. NOTES: Emery and Fannie were later together in MI and stayed together until he died. I'm not sure if they never finalized the divorce, if they did get divorced and remarried or they just got back together and never remarried. The story told by their adopted daughter Patsy was that Fannie moved to MI to be with her son, Grat Rose and that Emery followed her out there, painting his way to make money, and once there some how got her back.
  		Emery & Fannie Burress Divorce Record (PDF)
  Children	1. Living
  Photos	2 Photos
  	Emery Burress and 3rd Wife Fannie Alberty 1961
  	Emory Burress and 3rd wife Fannie
  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Jan 1907 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1910 - 1910 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1920 - 1920 - Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Marriage - 03 Aug 1927 - Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia Marriage - 17 May 1934 - McDowell County, West Virginia Court - Court Indictment (Drunk) *(This is probably Emory Hamilton Burress and not Raleigh Hamilton Burress) State of Virginia Vs. Hamilton BurressDrunk - Dec 1934 - McDowell County, West Virginia Residence - City Directory Lists: Burress, Emory H. (Bessie A.) Occupations: first aid house 210 18th - 1936 - Huntington; Ceredo; Kenova, West Virginia Newspaper - Printed in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper, regarding Emery's second wife, Elizabeth. - 25 Nov 1936 - Welch, McDowell, West Virginia Draft Card - Mrs Fannie Rose, Friend; Employed US Steel; 5'11, 182lb, Red Hair, Brown/Gray Eyes, Tattoo on right forearm. - 26 Oct 1940 - Welch, McDowell, West Virginia Marriage - 7 Dec 1941 - Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky Note - Fake Obit from 1944 - Not sure why it was written, but there have been multiple stories of Emery faking his death to avoid authorities, or to try and get money for his "burial" from family. Or, it could be he was in some kind of accident and was really mistakenly considered deceased. - 1944 - Tazewell County, Virginia Divorce - 4 Dec 1945 - McDowell County, West Virginia Court - West Virginia Vs. Emery Hamilton Burress (Unspecified) - Jan 1955 - McDowell County, West Virginia Death - 26 Sep1961 - Lansing, Clinton, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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