Burley Creech FRANKFORT - Burley Creech, Frankfort, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family in Frankfort on Wed. Nov. 23, 2005. After a twenty year career in data processing at Texas Instruments in Versailles, he retired in 1980 to his farm on the Kentucky River in Franklin County. His farming career brought him closer to the hills, trees, the land, and the people he loved. Having been born in the hills of Eastern Kentucky, his early formal education began in the one room school houses of Letcher and Harlan Counties. His love of literature and poetry and his keen intellect led him to Berea College where he earned a degree in English. He was a published poet and scholar of the literary arts, a U. S. soldier in WWII, an accomplished craftsman, builder and stonemason, and a loving husband of 63 years. He was the father of five sons and a mentor and role model to everyone he met. Burial will be on Line Fork in Letcher County at the family cemetery of his wife, Mary Halcomb Creech, who survives. Other survivors are Tom Creech (Mary Ellen) of North Carolina, Mike Creech (Carrie) of Lexington, Mark and Eddie Creech of Franklin County and John Creech (Jennifer) of Woodford County. Visitation will be Saturday, November 26, 2005 from 12 Noon until 3 pm at Rogers Funeral Home in Frankfort. Funeral services will begin immediately after the visitation at 3 pm. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Guestbook at Legacy.com Published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 11/26/2005. Lynda's note: Burley Creech was the s/o Mark Creech and Lola Banks. Lola Banks was the d/o Jonah Banks and Malinda Combs. Malinda Combs was the d/o John Combs and Elizabeth "Betsy" Breeding.