Roy Mason Burress

1894 - 1975  (80 years)

• Name	Roy Mason Burress
  Birth	6 Apr 1894	St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia
  Census 1900	1900	Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia
  	No 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 1 37 Benjamin R Burress Head White Sep 1859 40 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 2 37 Emma Burress Wife White Nov 1866 33 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 3 37 Virginia A Burress Daughter White Apr 1881 19 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 4 37 Lula C Burress Daughter White Aug 1882 17 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 5 37 Hattie Shoters? Burress Daughter White Dec 1884 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 6 37 Ollette Burress Daughter White Oct 1886 13 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 37 Oconner Burress Son White Nov 1888 11 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 8 37 Lathrop Burress Son White Dec 1890 9 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 9 37 Roy Burress Son White Apr 1893 6 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 10 37 Nannie M. Burress Daughter White Feb 1897 3 S Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=sqbr_170
  Census 1910	1910	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	No 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 1 210 Benjamin Burress Head White 1861 49 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 2 210 Emma Burress Wife White 1865 45 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 3 210 Maggie S. Burress Daughter White 1889 21 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 4 210 Roy Burress Son White 1896 14 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Labor 5 210 Nannie M. Burress Daughter White 1898 12 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 6 210 Hazel G. Burress Daughter White 1904 6 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 210 William C. Burress Son White 1907 3 S Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=wctq_171
  Census 1920	1920	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 3 922 Charles C Watkins Head M White 1878 42 M Virginia Office Prohibition Agent 4 922 Clara Watkins Wife F White 1884 36 M Virginia 5 922 Roy Burress Brother in Law M White 1897 23 S Virginia Fireman Railroad   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=swnf_177
  Death	30 Mar 1975	Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
  	Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obituary :: April 1, 1975 Roy Mason Burress, 80, of Greasey Ridge near Princeton, died Monday morning in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. Born at Clearfork, Va., he was a son of the late Ben and Emma Cox Burress. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U. S. Army. He was a retired Norfolk & Western Railway engineer with more than 46 years of service. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion Post 54 of Princeton and the Princeton Old Guard Chapter. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Hendricks Burress; and one sister, Mrs. D. E. (Dottle) Weaver of Washington, D. C. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton with Rev. Roby Belcher officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Bluewell. The body will be taken to the home today where friends may call after 5 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 5 until 9 p.m
  Burial	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, West Virginia
  		Roy and Agnes Burress
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Virginia "Jennie" Gertrude Burress           b. 15 Apr 1878, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 30 May 1915, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 37 years)   2. Clara Lula Burress           b. 22 Aug 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 10 Jan 1921, Mercer County, West Virginia  (Age 40 years)   3. Elizabeth Burress           b. 07 Dec 1882, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia           d. Before 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 14 years)   4. Hattie Margaret Shother Burress           b. Dec 1884, Tazewell County, Virginia   5. Loll Oletta "Lettie" Burress           b. 27 Nov 1885, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 19 Jul 1968, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 82 years) + 6. Conner Otis Burress           b. 20 Feb 1888, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Feb 1952, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 64 years) + 7. Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress           b. 18 Sep 1891, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 30 Dec 1946, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 55 years) + 8. Hazel Gladys Burress           b. 23 Aug 1895, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Oct 1976, Montour Falls, Schuyler, New York  (Age 81 years)   9. William Claude Burress           b. 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. After 1954  (Age 58 years) + 10. Tresa M. Burress           b. 26 Feb 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 1974, Maryland  (Age 76 years)
  Person ID	P996	Burress

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Rush Burress           b. 30 Sep 1857, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 01 Apr 1937, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Emeline "Emma" Cox           b. 18 Oct 1859, Floyd County, Virginia           d. 3 Nov 1954, Mercer County, West Virginia (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	09 Aug 1877	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Agnes Virginia Hendricks           b. 1899, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. 1980, McDowell County, West Virginia (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1926	Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Apr 1894 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1900 - 1900 - Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1910 - 1910 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1920 - 1920 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Marriage - 26 Nov 1926 - Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia Death - 30 Mar 1975 - Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia Burial - - Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
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