Viva Willis Burgess

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Monday, May 11, 2009, at Highland Baptist Church, with Pastor Paul Nachtigall, officiating.BURIAL: Mobeetie Cemetery in Mobeetie, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Burgess was born February 16, 1911 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. She had been a resident of Pampa since 1933. She married William "Bee" Burgess on August 26, 1937 in Pampa. He preceded her in death on April 2, 2000. Viva worked for Berhman's and numerous other businesses around town as an expert seamstress and sales clerk for over 50 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she attended the Business & Professional Women's Sunday School Class. She was an avid fisherwoman and gardener. SURVIVORS: 2 sons: Leon Meason and wife Pat of Arapahoe, Oklahoma, and Harold Burgess and wife Roberta of Corpus Christi; 1 daughter: Margo Stanley of Pampa; 7 grandchildren: Norman Meason of Arapahoe, Oklahoma, Clint Stanley and wife Debbie of Parker, Colorado, Sharon Gatlin and husband Joe of Aurora, Colorado, Will Stanley of Pampa, Matt Stanley of Solodad, Colorado, Chris Burgess and wife Charlene of Poteet, and Teresa Burgess of Houston; 8 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents: Solomon and Myrtle Willis; 6 brothers and 3 sisters.