Windsor - Shirley Anne Burgess, 68, passed away October 17, 2007. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church and was predeceased by her father, Billy Battle Burgess.
Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Shaa Pickett and husband, Clay, of Surry; her mother, Evie Mae Burgess of Franklin; her grandson, Trevor Benson of Surry; two sisters, Ira J. Witt and husband , Bill, of Franklin and Billie B. Earnest and husband, Frank, of Virginia Beach; former husband Jimmy Rainey and wife, Rosa, of Conway, N.C.; nephews, Michael T. Weaver of Portsmouth, William B. Bristow of Chesapeake, James D. Bristow of Knoxville, TN and Jeffrey C. Bristow of Virginia Beach. A graveside funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Burgess Family Cemetery at Checkerboard Corner in Franklin. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and suggests memorials be made to Sycamore Baptist Church.