Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Jernigan Burks age 94 of the Gossburg
community of Coffee County, TN will be held Monday, June 05, 2017 at
3:00pm at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in James K.
Polk Robinson Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be 1:00PM until time of service on Monday
at the funeral home. Mrs. Burks passed away on Friday, June 2, 2017 at
St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN.
Mrs. Burks was the daughter of the late Luke and Mary Robinson Jernigan.
She is also preceded by her husband; Willie Ray Burks, brothers; Bart
Jernigan, Burl Jernigan, Luke Jernigan, Jr., Eugene Jernigan and sisters;
Jewel Jernigan, Vera Stafford and Ruby Thompson. She is survived by
daughters; Beverly Parker and Ann Parker, both of Manchester, and Nina
McKnight and her husband Jameson of Beechgrove. She is also survived by
grandchildren; Nicky Lowe, Yvonne Norton, Yvette McQuiston, 3
great-grandchildren; Nichole Baldwin, John Montgomery, Hannah David and 7
Great-Great- Grandchildren.
Mrs. Burks was a member of Bradyville Church of Christ. She was a former
Chairman of the Board at Coffee County Medical Board, Coffee County
Commissioner, Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, and Who’s Who of
American Women.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials may be made to
World Outreach Church Media Center.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Burks family.