Jettie Iris Burcham of Nashville, Tenn., died Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Green Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 105. She was born in Wilkes County, N.C., on November 11, 1908 and moved with her parents and siblings to a farm in Harford County around 1919. She is survived by her three sons, Arthur and his wife, Eleanor, of Nashville, Tenn.; Stephen and his wife, Betty, of Dandridge, Tenn.; James and his wife, Rose Ann, of Upper Marlboro; one daughter, Rosalie Holbrook and her husband, Kenneth, of Havre de Grace; eight granddaughters, four grandsons, fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; and several nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Rev. R. Walter Burcham; two sons, Robert W. Burcham, Jr. and John Dobbins Burcham; her parents, Sam and Jettie Poplin; and four brothers and seven sisters. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 25, 2014, 10 a.m., at the Conowingo Baptist Church. Burial will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Walter and Iris Burcham Scholarship Fund for students of church-related vocations in care of the Development Office, Carson-Newman College, Attn: Phyllis Turner, Jefferson City, TN 37760. Comments are closed.
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