TITLE:  Emma Burgess

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 8, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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   BURGESS, Emma KINGSTREE - Mrs. Emma Keels Burgess, 87, widow of 
Charles C. Burgess, Jr., died Friday in a Columbia hospital.Mrs. 
Burgess was born in Timmonsville, a daughter of the late Edgar Garris 
Keels and Mrs. Clyde Hill Keels. She was a graduate of Columbia 
College and received her masters degree in education from the 
University of S.C. She retired after 32 years of teaching in Kingstree
schools and in 1958 was selected as Williamsburg County Teacher of the 
Year. Mrs. Burgess was a member of Kingstree United Methodist Church, 
and a former member of the Kingstree Garden Club. She was preceded in 
death by her son, Charles C. Burgess, III.Surviving, her sister, Helen 
K. Graves of Jacksonville, Fla., and several nieces and nephews, 
including Rebecca Graves of the home.Graveside funeral services will 
be 10 a.m., Tuesday, in Williamsburg Cemetery, directed by WILLIAMSBURG
FUNERAL HOME. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m., Monday,
at the Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Kingstree United 
Methodist Church. (The Post and Courier July 8, 2001)
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