Marie Burks

BURKS, Mrs. Marie - age 93, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2011 at William Beaumont Hospital Troy. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, December 30, 2011 at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 123 Wesson St. with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Pastor John Tolbert, officiating. Entombment Woodlawn Cemetery, 19975 Woodward Ave. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Friday. Mrs. Burks will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 1PM-8PM Thursday. Marie Prentiss Burks was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on October 18, 1918 to William and Sadie Prentiss. Marie confessed her faith in Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at China Grove Church in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She attended Magnolia Schools in Vicksburg and later graduated from Cosmetology School in Augusta, Georgia. Marie was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Elmury Edison Burks on March 18, 1942. She had three loving daughters, JoAnn Burks of Troy, Michigan and two that preceded her in death, Gloria Thomas and Barbara Mahan both of Saginaw, Michigan. She relocated to Detroit Michigan in 1953. For more than ten years she was the owner/operator of Keep-U-Neat Beauty Salon located on Detroit’s North End. Marie was a faithful member of Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of Detroit for 25 years. After relocating to Troy Michigan, she became a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, Michigan, where she attended regularly until her illness. Her hobbies and interests were sewing, cooking and tending to her many plants. She loved her family, helping others, and was always available to give sound and "biblical" advice, even up to her death at the age of ninety-three. Mrs. Burks leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, JoAnn; seven grandchildren; Alma Thomas Sanders, Casandra Diane Darby, Roy Thomas, Jr., Tracey (Keith) Powell, Sharyn Mahan, Akelah Burks and Naelah Burks; twelve great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; one-step brother, Clinton (Ernestine) Benard; and a host of wonderful nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mrs. Burks was preceded in death by her husband, Elmury Burks; two daughters, Gloria and Barbara; two grandsons, Douglas Mahan, Jr. and Darryn Mahan; and two brothers, William Prentiss and Jefferson Harrison, Sr.

Marie Burks

October 18, 1918 - December 22, 2011