Burford Ancestors - Generation 4 - Bernice Pope Burford

Bernice Pope Burford was born 04 December 1911 in Hamlin, Cross County, Arkansas

Bernice was the sixth child of Alexander and Lora Gibson Burford.

Bernice married Maxine Davis 30 December 1933 in Arkansas. They had one child, Jane. 

I don't know anything more about this marriage or this child.

Bernice and Maxine divorced 02 March 1935.

Bernice Burford married Dorothy Louise Moore 04 September 1938 in Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, daughter of Robert Moore and Virginia Newby. She was born 18 July 1921 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. 

Children of Bernice Burford and Dorothy Moore are: 

i. Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Burford, born 26 September 1939, Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas; died 18 September 2005, Corpus Christi, Texas.

ii. George Oscar Burford, born 19 April 1942, Alton, Madison County, Illinois; died 13 June 2018, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.

iii. David Allen Burford, born 20 March 1944, Alton, Illinois.

iv. Sharon Sue Burford, born 17 February 1946, Alton, Illinois.  

v. Charles Michael Burford, born 15 December 1948, Alton, Illinois; died 04 October 2005, Roxanna, Illinois.

vi. Donna Jeanine Burford, born 05 April 1951, Alton, Madison County, Illinois; died 24 December 2024, Prairieville, Louisiana.

PHOTO: Neil, Lester, Bernice, David (Raymond's son), George

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Bernice Burford died 12 January 2001, age 89

Dorothy Burford died 29 October 2007, age 86

They are buried in Oakwood Cemetery Alton, Madison County, Illinois