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Burress Family Introduction

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The Burress Family is introduced to the Scarborough Family through the marriage of Ida Maude Scarborough to Robert "Bob" Brewster Burress. Also included are the children of Roberta "Bobbie" Lynn [Burress Smith] O'Donnell.

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Burress Family Line
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Generation 1
Elmer Burress (???? - ????)
Olen Quitman Burress (1903? - 1973) + Mary Edna Lee Taylor (1903? -1958)
Charlie Burress (???? - ????)
Grace Burress (???? - ????)
Allis Burress (???? - ????)
Ruby Burress (???? - ????)
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Generation 2
Robert "Bob" Brewster Burress (1924 - 2009) + Ida Maude Scarborough (1928 - 1996)
John C. "Johnny"/"JC" Burress (living)
Martha Burress (living) + Wally Power (living)
half sister: Sue Pardue (living)
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Generation 3
Roberta "Bobbie" Lynn Burress (1953 - 1998) + Tim Hampton Smith, Jr. (1954? - 1983) 1st,
Brian John O'Donnell (living) 2nd
Susan "Susie" Marie Burress (living)
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Generation 4
Windy Marie Smith (living) + Brian Jefferson Fisher (living)
Patrick John O'Donnell (living)
Megan Eileen O'Donnell (living) + Jack Warren Barber, III (living)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burress (1)
Olen Quitman Burress
(1903? - 1973)

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Parents: Unknown at this time
Siblings: Elmer Burress, Charlie Burress, Grace Burress, Allis Burress and Ruby Burress
Marriage: Olen Burress married Mary Edna Lee Taylor
Children: There are three children:
Robert Brewster Burress (September 10, 1924 - July 8, 2009)
John C. "Johnny"/"JC" Burress (1926? - )
Martha Burress (1928 - )
half sister Sue Pardue (September 10, 1934 - )

NOTES: Olen worked for a lumber company at which he counted, graded and treated lumber. He later retired from a tractor company in Peoria, Illinois.

Mary's parents were Robert Taylor and Minie Dees.

Sons Robert and John went by their first and middle name initials, "RB" and "JC" as children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burress (2)
Robert "Bob" Brewster Burress
(September 10, 1924 - July 8, 2009)

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Parents: Olen Quitman Burress and Mary Edna Lee Taylor
Siblings: One sister, Martha Burress, one brother J. C. Burress, and one half-sister, Sue Pardue
Marriage: Robert Burress married Ida Maude Scarborough on December 29, 1945.
Children: They had two daughters:
Roberta "Bobbie" Burress (May 5, 1953 - June 27, 1998)
Susan "Susie" Marie Burress (living)
Notes: Bob Burress was born in Corinth, Mississippi. As a youngster, he was called by his first and middle name initials, "RB."

Bob served in the armed forces during World War II. He held the "technical" ranks of PFC, Corporal and Sergeant and was a motorpool sergeant in the Americal Division. He participated in the Bougainville campaign. While in the South Pacific, he contracted elefantitus and was sent back to the states to recooperate. He wasn't allowed to return to the South Pacific, and was stationed at Ft. Jackson, SC (near Columbia) for the remainder of the war. He was in the Military Police unit while there. It was during this time that he met Ida Scarborough.

After his discharge, he became the service manager for the local Chevrolet dealership in Columbia. Later, he transferred to Brunswick, GA and was their service manager. General Motors hired him as fleet service manager and he became responsible for 867 fleet accounts for 28 years until retirement. He worked an area that included South Carolina, part of Georgia and all of Florida. For a time he lived in Miami before moving to Jacksonville.

He recalls that on one rather long day, he had to drive from Columbia to Florida by way of Georgia. To make up for lost time and the many stops he had to make, his speed was up much higher than the law allowed. He got that day's first speeding ticket while in South Carolina, the second one going through Georgia and a third one in Florida! For the year, he had 37 speeding tickets!

Robert Burress is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Columbia, SC.

Photo of Bob Burress with daughter Susan taken May 1, 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burress (3) - Scarborough (23)
Roberta "Bobbie" Lynn Burress
(May 5, 1953 - June 27, 1998)

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Parents: Robert Burress and Ida Maude Scarborough
Siblings: Susan Marie Burress
Marriage: Bobbie married Tim Hampton Smith, Jr. on December 22, 1972. Tim died of cancer in July 1983 at age 29. Bobbie married Brian John O'Donnell in April 1979.
Children: Bobbie and Tim had one daughter:
Wendy Marie Smith (August 7, 1974 - ).
Bobbie and Brian had one son and one daughter:
Patrick John O'Donnell (December 31, 1980 - )
Megan Eileen O'Donnell (February 8, 1985 - )
Notes: Bobbie and mother, Ida Maude Scarborough Burress, are buried in the "Garden of Love" section of Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Columbia, SC.