Arthur Simpson BURKS

                   She ran away from home around 1920, never heard from again.	1  _TITLE Notes
                  

                   William Almus "Spud" Burks
21 Apr 1904 - 1 Oct 1967 CHRISTIAN COUNTY REPUBLICAN 5 Oct 1967 p1Note: Son of Arthur Simpson & Annie Mae (Buxton) Burks; married Ethel Pauline Luce 16 Aug 1910 - 22 Oct 2001] Contributed by Mabel Phillips.
William Almus "Spud" Burks, 63, a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Sparta, died at 5:25 p.m. Sunday in his home following a lingering illness. A member of the Sparta Church of Christ, Mr. Burks is survived by his wife, Ethel; and three daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Blanchard, Crystal River, Fla.; Mrs. Maxine Strafford, Rogersville, and Mrs. Nadine Shipman, Sparta. Other survivors include four sons, Robert Glen, Union City, Calif., Jamie Harold, Indianapolis, Ind., Richard Lee, San Leandro, Calif. and Jackie Allen of the home; and three sisters, Mrs. Juanita Applegate, Fordland, Mrs. Nina Swearengin, Springfield and Mrs. Opal Daugherty, Evansville, Wyo. Also surviving are three brothers, Waldo, Ava, Lloyd, Ozark and Arthur, Jr.,, Willow Springs, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral services were at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sparta Church of Christ. The Rev. Dwayne Bray officiated with burial in the Sparta Cemetery under direction of Harris of Ozark.	1  _TITLE OBIT