Marty and Karla Grant

LINDALE- Services for James Wilborn Burgin, 69, Tyler, are pending with Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home.

Mr. Burgin died Friday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness.

He was born April 16, 1921, in Upshur County and was a longtime resident of the Big Sandy-Hawkins area before moving to Tyler 35 years ago. He was a verteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps and received several medals furing campaigns in the Pacific Theater. He was a member of the Paran Primitive Baptist Church, Hawking.

He is survived by his wife, Marcy Burgin, Tyler; one son, Jimmy Wayne Burgin, Waco; two daughters, Jane Norris, Carroll, and Linda Stricklin, Plano; his mother, Opan Burgin, Hawkins; one brother, W.M. (Bill) Burgin, Houston; three sisters, Flora Stutts, Jacksonville, Patsy Mitchell and Helen Pittman, both of Hawkins; and 8 grandchildren and one step great-grandchild.

Family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph Saturday, July 21, 1990

Services for Marcy Burgin, 84, Tyler, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel, Lindale, with the Rev. James Hamrick officiating.

Burial will be in Smith Cemetery near Hawkins,

Mrs. Burgin died March 17, 2008, in Tyler.

She was born Jan. 21, 1924, in Red Springs to the late John W. and Bertha Elizabeth Long Kennedy. She passed away Monday, March 17, 2008 in Tyler. She grew up in the Hawkins area and lived most of her life in Tyler. She was a beautician and member of Perion Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Jimmy Burgin, Lorena; daughters, Jane Norris and Linda Stricklin, both of Tyler; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 3/19/2008.