Extracted from The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, TX)
Thursday, February 19, 1953

Funeral Services Set For Thursday For Burtis Amos

Funeral services for Burtis Amos of East Mountain, who died in a Gladewater hospital Tuesday at 8:55 a.m., were to be held Thursday, Feb. 19, from Croley Chapel in Gilmer. The Rev. Obie Baker will officiate and interment will be in East Mountain cemetery. Funeral time will be 10 a.m.

Mr. Amos was born at East Mountain on Feb. 6, 1882, and at the time of his death was 71 years of age. He was a retired farmer.

Survivors include four sons, Dial Amos of Daingerfield, Travis Amos of East Mountain, O. M. Amos of Kilgore, Claudine Amos of Monahans, and a stepson, Luther Miller of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mrs. Jessie Mae Garner of Gladewater, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Doris Thomas of Daingerfield. Also surviving are five grandchildren.