JOHN GARLAND BURGE

03/28/1950 TO 03/02/2021

A MAN OF IMPOSSIBLE CHARACTER

JOHN BURGE, AGE 70, PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY ON 03/02/202

MR. BURGE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS LOVING WIFE BRENDA BURGE; HIS PARENTS GARLAND AND ANNIE BURGE; AND HIS BROTHER, FRANK BURGE.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW JOHN AND ANDRIA BURGE;  GRANDCHILDREN MARY, MADISON, JOHN (WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER), AND OLIVIA BURGE;  SIBLINGS, WILLIE BURGE OF ALABAMA, CLYDE AND LYNDA BURGE OF WASHINGTON, ANN AND WILLIE HARRIS OF LOUISIANA, LYDIA AND ZAC ALVARADO OF ALABAMA, AND SONNY AND LISA BURGE OF MISSISSIPPI; NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS; AND A SPECIAL NEPHEW, JOHNNY BURGE, SPECIAL NIECES,  KRISSY, DANA AND DEANNA BURGE ; IN LAWS, AUGUST GABRIEL, HOLLY GABRIEL, EDDIE GABRIEL, BIG EDDIE GABRIEL, DOTTY GABRIEL, HUDSON ENCARDES, TIFFANY SCOTT, AND KARLA NANNE; AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO A DEAR FRIEND ASHLEY MARTIN.

MR. BURGE WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR THE DATES OF 11/23/1968 TO 04/27/1971. HE WAS A HELICOPTER MECHANIC, SERVING IN THE VIETNAM WAR.  THE ARMY TAUGHT HIM THE VALUE OF DISCIPLINE, TEAM WORK, AND INVESTING IN A CAUSE LARGER THAN HIMSELF. JOHN LEFT THE ARMY WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE 1 ^ST CLASS.  UPON RETURNING HOME HE BEGAN A CAREER AS A CHEF.

POOLE RITCHIE FUNERAL HOME WILL HOST JOHN'S SERVICE SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021, AT 10 AM - 2 P.M. WITH REV. CHAD JENKINS OFFICIATING AND  MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICE BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST #24. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT MCGEHEE CEMETERY

PALLBEARERS, JOHNNY BURGE, ANTHONY FAVRE, NICHOLAS BURGE, SETH YOUNG,AUGUST GABRIEL AND T-PAUL NICHOLSON