Richard Gerald “Jerry” Burdine, 83, of Sylvan, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020, at Paris Regional Medical Center.
Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20th, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Marvin Weir officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowbrook Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Jerry was born February 4, 1936, in Ft. Davis, Texas to Hugh & Jessie Crawford Burdine. Jerry graduated from Blossom High School in 1954, where he met his high school sweetheart and wife of 65 years, June Easton Burdine.
Jerry enlisted and served two years in the United States Air Force. He was one of the original hires at Campbell Soup in 1964, where he worked as an electrical engineer until his retirement in 1999. During the 1980’s he was also an instructor at Paris Junior College teaching electrical engineering classes.
Jerry was a craftsman and enjoyed spending hours in his shop building things for his kids and grandkids.
Jerry was baptized into Christ on June 30, 2018.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Hugh and Jesse Burdine and two infant siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, June Easton Burdine: three children, Keith Burdine & wife, Saundra of Paris, Tonya Parsons & husband, Mark, of Rowlett, and Karen Sparks & husband, Wade, of Paris: grandchildren, Jordan Burdine, Haley Parsons Mayhall & husband, Drew, Zachery Horton, Ty Parsons, Ashley Burdine, Savana Sparks, and Cade Sparks: great grandchild, McKinley Mayhall, a brother, Billy Burdine & wife Shirley and a sister, Gladys Maullenax Speyer along with many other relatives and friends.
Casket bearers will be: Cade Sparks, Zach Horton, Ty Parsons, Dillon Ashton, Boone Privette, and Mark Parsons. Drew Mayhall will serve as an honorary bearer.
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