Obituary of Clifton Burgess

Clifton Burgess, age 80, of 950 South 343, Shiloh, NC, died Monday, November 10, 2003, at Albemarle Hospital. Mr. Burgess, a native of Camden County, was the widower of Mary Gibson Burgess and a son of the late Ralph N. Burgess, Sr., and Mary Blackburn Burgess. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, a retired foreman from the Virginia Department of Trans-portation, and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Nan Hurst of Florida, Carol Ann Collins of Texas, and Teresa Wommer of Pennsylvania; one son, Tom Burgess of Oregon; three sisters, June Forehand, Carolyn Hopper and Isabel Burgess; two brothers, Edward Burgess and Douglas Burgess; twelve grandchildren; and eighteen great grandchildren. A memorial service will be Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 4:00 PM at Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, with the Rev. Dave Combs officiating. The family will receive friends in the lobby of the funeral home immediately after the service and at other times at the residence of Robert Sawyer, 103 Rosewood Avenue, Elizabeth City, NC. You may sign the online guest register at www.twifordfh.com.