
OKEY BURCHETT 84 OF MORGANS CREEK IN LAWRENCE COUNTY DIED SUNDAY DECEMBER 14TH AT THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER.
MR. BURCHETT WAS BORN JANUARY 31, 1919 IN FLOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY THE SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND CYNTHIA CHRISTIAN BURCHETT. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER LEE BURCHETT AND THREE SISTERS LUCILLE, BERTHA, AND RUBY BURCHETT, AND HIS YOUNGEST SON TIMOTHY VON BURCHETT.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MORGANS CREEK FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND RETIRED FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FORMER WIFE, GERALDINE SMITH OF LOUISA, KY.
SIX DAUGHTERS: EVA (RALPH) NEWSOME OF FALLSBURG, KY.; RUBY (GEORGE) FARRIS OF FALLSBURG, KY., LINDA (WAYNE) WRIGHT OF FALLSBURG, KY., DORIS (RICHARD) COOK OF LOUISA, KY., CAROL (DALE) WHITAKER OF CATLETTSBURG, KY. AND KIM (JAY) CHILDERS OF LOUISA, KY.
THREE SONS: DAVID (TINA) BURCHETT, GLEN (IRIS) BURCHETT, AND MIKE (DONNA) BURCHETT ALL OF FALLSBURG, KY.
18 GRANDCHIDREN: DONALD ADAMS, GLEN BURCHETT, BOBBY PARKS, JESSIE PARKS, CHAD BURCHETT, TYLER BURCHETT, MARTIN WRIGHT, KODY BURCHETT, KYLEN WEBB, JACOB WHITAKER, ADAM COOK, UGIE MOORE, LORRIE JORDAN, JESSICA WRIGHT, KASEY BURCHETT, MELISSA BURCHETT, PAYTON CHILDERS, AND LAUREN WHITAKER.
8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TIMMY ADAMS, HALEY ADAMS, ZACHARY WRIGHT, SAVANNA WRIGHT, GAGE PERRY, CHRISTIAN MOORE, DEANNA JORDAN, AND BLAKE JORDAN
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17TH AT 2:00 PM AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME BY REV. PAUL COX AND REV. BOBBY JOE WORKMAN. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE BURCHETT FAMILY CEMETEY AT MORGANS CREEK.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AFTER 3:00 PM TUESDAY DECEMBER 16TH AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME.