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Daris Burgess
SIKESTON — Daris Doyle Burgess, age 88, died at Missouri Delta Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
Daris was born Sept. 29, 1935, in Newport, Arkansas. He moved to Sikeston as a small child. He ran the Burgess Band and Ice Comapany and had a Tom’s route. He served in the Navy as a CS3. He was a devout member of the fellowship Baptist Church of Sikeston.
He was a loving father and grandfather who is survived by one daughter, Gloria Powell; one son, Steven Burgess (Toni); grandchildren, Chris Menken (Pearl), Jennifer Klein (David), Tom Foote (Lindsey), Mandy Ellsworth (Mathew), Madeline Ketcherside (Tristan); 13 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Lee; daughters, Linda Brown and Sondra Poetzman; granddaughters, Jill Burgess and Leigh Ann Brashear; and great-grandson, Jaxson Brashear.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Sikeston from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at noon with Bob Houchin, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church of Sikeston, officiating.
Interment will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.
Pallbearers will be: Mathew Ellsworth, James Ellsworth, Tristan Ketcherside, Daniel Lynne Williams, Jim Hovis and Connor Norwald.
The family would like to let t hose know who cannot attend that the funeral will be lived streamed from Nunnelee Funeral Chapel via Facebook Live.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy can be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com for the Burgess Family.
The family requests that donations be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; 501 St. Jude Place; Memphis, TN 38105-9959.