This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Burtis, Baskin, Britt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9763 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 27 July 2006 CAMERON - Jewel Williams Burtis, 90, of Buckholts died Tuesday, July 18, 2006 in a Cameron nursing facility. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Friday, July 21, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Conklin officiating. Burial followed in the Hope Lutheran Memorial Park in Buckholts. Mrs. Burtis, a retired vice-president for Buckholts State Bank. She was born Oct. 25, 1915 in Cameron to Clarence B. and Mary (Britt) Baskin. She attended Corinth and Buckholts schools where she was valedictorian of her graduating class. In 1932 she married Elmer Williams and he preceded her in death in 1964. After his death she married Steve Burtis and he preceded her death in 1990. Mrs. Burtis was a member of the First Baptist Church in Buckholts serving for many years as Sunday school teacher, church secretary and treasurer, church clerk and W.M.U. president. Survivors include a son, Douglas L. Williams and wife Virginia of Buckholts; three grandchildren, Douglas K. Williams and wife Bea of Rockdale, Sherry Dusek and husband Lanny of Richland, WA, and Monte Williams and wife Diedre of Denton; six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Buckholts or Hope Lutheran Memorial Park.