EIGHTH GENERATION

1626. Howard Edgar BURKE was born on 14 Oct 1906 in Stamps, Lafayette Co., Arkanasa. He died on 8 Nov 1981 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He was buried in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico.⁽⁶⁹⁴⁾ * Obituary from "Carlsbad Current-Argus" (November 8, 1981 - for H.E. Burke -- Funeral services for Howard E. Burke, 77 of 512 N. Mesa Street, are scheduled Monday at 3 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles L. Crutchfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Carlsbad Cemetery under the direction of West Funeral Home. He died Friday in a local nursing home. A resident of Carlsbad since 1945, he owned and operated a barber shop until retiring in 1968. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Claudice, of Carlsbad; two sons, David Eugene of Calvin, Oklahoma and Gerald Wayne of Lubbock, Texas; one daughter, Juanita Smith of West Valley, Utah; four brothers, Charley and Grady Burke of Stamps, Arkansas, Harvery Burke of Waldo, Arizona and Henry Burke of Denton, Texas; two sisters, Rubye Tillinghost of Fort Smith, Arkansas and Lillie Drake of Little rock, Arizona; and 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.

He was married to Jeuveda Mae HALEY about 1928 in Garnet, Arkansas. Jeuveda Mae HALEY was born on 27 Jan 1910 in War Eagle, Benton Co., Arkansas. She died on 17 Jun 1977 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She was buried in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico.⁽⁶⁹⁴⁾ Obituary, abstracted from "Carlsbad Current - Argus" 6/17/1977 -- Services pending -- Belonged to First United Methodist Church -- funeral service was on Monday at 2 p.m., presiding was Dr. L.B. Trone and the Rev. Rodney Williams. Pallbearers were Grigg Lazenby, J.H. Sammons, Roy Kemper, W.E. Wilkison, George Beach and Ray Thomas. Jeuveda worked for Marsh's and Sparks Office Supply as a bookkeeper. She had 8 sisters. Howard Edgar BURKE and Jeuveda Mae HALEY had the following children:

+2197 i. Eugene David BURKE.
2198 ii. Gerald Wayne BURKE (Private).
2199 iii. Juanita Joy BURKE (Private).