Lucille Burch

Thursday, October 13, 2005

BERNIE - Lucille Burch, 84, died Oct. 12, 2005, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.

Born Oct. 6, 1921, in Parma, daughter of the late Everett and Effie Sampson Bilderback, she had retired from Brown Shoe Company and was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ.

On April 23, 1938, in Bloomfield, she married Cecil R. Burch who preceded her in death on Sept. 11, 1994.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her step-mother, Marie Bilderback; two brothers, Walter Bilderback and Hershel Bilderback; and one sister, Ollie Bilderback.

Survivors include: six sons, Bobby Burch of Wappapello, Glen Burch, Donald Burch, Doyle Burch and Carl Joe Burch of Bernie and Danny Burch of Tyner, N.C.; four daughters, Janet Whitehead of Wappapello, Linda Lucy of Statesville, N.C., Joyce Mickey of Bernie and Loretta Carson of Campbell; three sisters, Alvina "Nook" Bennett of Waynesboro, Va., Carolyn Colston of Littleton, N.C., and Barbara Pryor of Dexter; and 28 grandchildren, 35 great-

grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday with Stan Dauck officiating.

Burial will follow in the Bethany Cemetery near Campbell.