1906
Mae
1999
Mae Burford
June 8, 1906 — August 3, 1999
MAE NEWCOMER BURFORD OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN ON JUNE 8, 1906 IN CADET, MISSOURI. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELMER AND STELLA ( REANDO) NEWCOMER . MAE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 3, 1999, AT HER RESIDENCE IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS, 1 MONTH, AND 25 DAYS.
MAE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE BRUCE BURFORD ON FEBRUARY 23, 1935 .
MAE IS SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS, CLARENCE NEWCOMER AND WIFE EDNA OF POTOSI, ALFRED NEWCOMER AND WIFE BEVERLY OF POTOSI AND HOMER NEWCOMER AND WIFE LOUISE OF POTOSI, ONE SISTER ANNIE COOK OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, LAFAYETTE NEWCOMER AND ONE SISTER, JENNIE WRIGHT.
MAE WAS A DEDICATED NURSE FOR FOUR DECADES, HAVING SERVED THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IN MANY OTHER ROLES WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS ALSO DEDICATED TO HER COMMUNITY, HAVING BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB, 4-H CLUBS, HEART ASSOCIATION, CANCER SOCIETY, UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, TB & RD ASSOCIATION AND THE RED CROSS. SHE WAS KNOWN AS A GOOD LISTENER TO THE MANY PROBLEMS OF HER RURAL COMMUNITY. WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. VOLUNTEERING HER SERVICES WHERE SHE WAS NEEDED.
MAE WAS KNOWN FOR HER KIND HEART, WARM SMILE AND CARING EYES. A FRIEND TO ANYONE IN NEED, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JERRY WRIGHT, JERRY BURFORD, WAYNE NEWCOMER, MERRILL NEWCOMER, BOB COOK AND RANDY EATON.
MAE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE BRUCE BURFORD ON FEBRUARY 23, 1935 .
MAE IS SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS, CLARENCE NEWCOMER AND WIFE EDNA OF POTOSI, ALFRED NEWCOMER AND WIFE BEVERLY OF POTOSI AND HOMER NEWCOMER AND WIFE LOUISE OF POTOSI, ONE SISTER ANNIE COOK OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, LAFAYETTE NEWCOMER AND ONE SISTER, JENNIE WRIGHT.
MAE WAS A DEDICATED NURSE FOR FOUR DECADES, HAVING SERVED THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IN MANY OTHER ROLES WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS ALSO DEDICATED TO HER COMMUNITY, HAVING BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB, 4-H CLUBS, HEART ASSOCIATION, CANCER SOCIETY, UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, TB & RD ASSOCIATION AND THE RED CROSS. SHE WAS KNOWN AS A GOOD LISTENER TO THE MANY PROBLEMS OF HER RURAL COMMUNITY. WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. VOLUNTEERING HER SERVICES WHERE SHE WAS NEEDED.
MAE WAS KNOWN FOR HER KIND HEART, WARM SMILE AND CARING EYES. A FRIEND TO ANYONE IN NEED, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JERRY WRIGHT, JERRY BURFORD, WAYNE NEWCOMER, MERRILL NEWCOMER, BOB COOK AND RANDY EATON.
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