Jerry Don & Peggy
Darlene (Baker) Burks
Tombstone Photo
White Rose Cemetery
Reydon, Roger Mills County, OK
 © Karen Harman |
Apr 6, 1959 - Dec 21, 2015
Obit for Jerry posted by Martha Reddout
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Jerry Don Burks was born April 6, 1959 in
Cheyenne, Oklahoma to Janette and Sterling Leon Burks. He passed away
December 21, 2015 at his home near Reydon, Oklahoma at the age of 56
years, 8 months and 15 days.
Jerry Don grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After graduating from
Stillwater High School in 1977, he moved to western Oklahoma to begin
working in the oilfield. He was married to Peggy Burks at Sayre,
Oklahoma on June 4, 1992. They lived in the Reydon area until settling
northeast of town to make their home. Jerry Don worked in the oilfield
as Roughneck until becoming a Compressor Mechanic. He later worked for 6
years as an Heavy Equipment Operator for Roger Mills District 3 until
his health forced him to retire.
Peggy passed away in April of this year and he was also preceded in
death by his father, wife, paternal grandparents, Paul and Dessie Burks
and maternal grandparents, Cecil and Violet Bonds and stepfather, Carl
Eugene Brown.
He is survived by 2 daughters, Heather Shaw and husband, Taylor, of
Durham, Oklahoma and Elisabeth Burks of Reydon, Oklahoma; a grandson,
Wiley Shaw; his mother, Janette Brown of Burns Flat, Oklahoma; a
brother, Tom Burks and wife, Jill, and their, son, Drew, of Reydon,
Oklahoma; 3 stepsisters, Teresa White of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Marsha
Davenport of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Linda Peaden of Owasso, Oklahoma; his
great aunts, Pat Burks and Clara Davis of Reydon, Oklahoma; his aunts
and uncles, Colleen and Dale McKean of Carlsbad, New Mexico and Roberta
Bonds of Sayre, Oklahoma; a cousin, Pam Burks of Reydon, Oklahoma; his
mother-in-law, Thelma Baker of Crawford, OK and a host of cousins, other
relatives and many friends.
Donations to help the family with expenses can be made to the Jerry
Burks Memorial Fund c/o the Security State Bank of Cheyenne.
Services Graveside, Thursday, December 24, 2015
1:00 P.M.
White Rose Cemetery
Reydon, Oklahoma 73660
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