Martha Lucille BURKS^{[1, 2]}

1897 - 1997  (100 years)

• Name	Martha Lucille BURKS
  Birth	09 Jan 1897	Greene Township, Parke Co., Indiana   [2]
  Death	03 Feb 1997	Rockville, Parke Co., Indiana   [3]
  	Age: 100y 0m 25d
  Christening	33429
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Rockville Cemetery, Parke Co., Indiana   [3]
  Person ID	I033429	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Jessie Rice BURKS,   b. 03 Feb 1870, Judson, Parke Co., Indiana d. 02 Jun 1926, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Laura Alice PAYTON,   b. 20 Mar 1870, Parke Co., Indiana d. 29 Mar 1951, Indiana (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1892	Parke Co., Indiana   [4]
  Notes	In home of Laura Payton by James Burks. Witnesses: Charles Grant Guilliams and Etta M. Payton Dual ceremony with sister Etta May and Charles Guilliams.
  Family ID	F03288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Teacher in Gary, Indiana schools; graduated from Rockville High School and Oxford College in Ohio. DEATH: ROCKVILLE - Lucile B. Royse, 100, of Rockville died at 5:20 a.m.Monday, Feb. 3, 1997, in her residence. She was a teacher in the Chicago (Ill.) School system for 33 years, where she also did work with the Child Study Department. She was born Jan. 9, 1897, in Greene Township, Parke County, to J.R. Burks and Laura Payton Burks. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Royse, in 1970. Survivors include one daughter-in-law, Sarah Royse of Decatur, Ga.; one sister, Eleanor Carter of Rockville; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one son, Robert Royse, in 1990; and one brother, Paul Burks. She graduated from Rockville High School, Western College in Oxford, Ohio, and received her master's degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. She was a member of United Methodist Church and Methodist Service Circle. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Thursday in Rockville Cemetery, with the Rev. Jack Steele officiating. There is no visitation. Barnes Mortuary assisted with arrangements.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0003695] Lynn Crooks of Avon, Indiana, Crooks Family Genealogy. [S0007196] Jesse Burks-Laura Payton Marriage & Bible Record. [S0010721] The Collings Family, (Publisher: Geraldine A. Mosholder). [source4071139328] Jesse Rice Burks and Laura Payton.