Corda Burress

Posted by on Oct 1, 2012

Corda Burress of Campbellsville, daughter of the late James Vanwinkle Herron and Lytha Gaddis Herron, was born September 19, 1921 in Taylor County, Kentucky.  She died at 7:03 A.M., Monday, October 1, 2012 in Campbellsville.             Age:  91

She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville

She united in marriage to Riley Burress December 14, 1935.  He preceded her in death August 21, 1999.

She is survived by three sons and two daughters:  Bobby Burress and wife, Carolyn of Louisville, Danny Burress and wife, Sheila, Pansy Fair and husband, Vernon, Luella Chambers and husband, David and Randy Burress and wife, Sherri of Campbellsville; two daughters-in-law, Barbara Burress and Beverly Burress of Ottawa, Illinois, twenty-seven grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Loudellia Sluder of Louisville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was also preceded in death by two sons and one daughter:  Russell Burress, Oatley Burress and Dorothy Daffron Pike; four great-grandchildren; and four brothers and two sisters:  Elzie “Jake” Herron, Welby Herron, Eff Herron, Rhodie Herron, Ora Cox and Cora Cox.

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VISITATION:  After 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:    1:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. Gary Ervin

BURIAL:                        Brookside Cemetery

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