James “Jim” Burris, 58, son of Louis Harry and Mildred Duty Burris, was born May 16, 1949, at Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 12, 2007, at Benton.
He was a Houston resident for about 35 years and worked for Cabool Transport for 20 years. He was living at Oran and worked for Agri-Trans Trucking in Cape Girardeau.
Mr. Burris served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters and a grandchild.
Surviving are two sons, Carl Anderson of Summersville and James Burris Jr. of Marshfield; three daughters, Sheryl Scantlin of Hartshorn, Angela Bott of Scott City and Christy Bruton of Strafford; a sister, Mary Null of Scott City and 15 grandchildren.
Services were Dec. 16 at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Home Chapel at Oran with the Rev. Mary Null officiating. Burial with full military honors was at Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.
This should be ‘Angela Bolt’, not ‘Bott’. Thank you