Burl Willingham Obit

Burl Willingham, 81, of Maysville, died April 2, 1999, at his home in Maysville.

Willingham was a well-known and respected man of the Maysville community. He was a member of the Maysville Assembly of God.

Funeral services were held Monday, April 5, 1999, 2 p.m., at the Maysville Assembly of God, with Rev. Charles Dean and Rev. Danny Gamble officiating. Burial was in the Maysville Cemetery under the direction of John Williams of Winans Funeral Home, Maysville.

Willingham was born April 10, 1917, at Heflin, Ala., to Toliver and Martha Jones Willingham

He moved to the Maysville area about 1947 from eastern Oklahoma and went to work for Warren Petroleum. He had over 28 years of service with the company.

He was married to Nethleee Bledsoe in 1936 at Milton. She preceded him in death in 1996. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Sanford, Lank, Earnest, Lonnie and Earl and by one daughter, Carol Hasham, in 1984. Willingham is survived by four children, Betty Albright of Maysville, Buck Willingham and his wife, Janie, of Maysville, Martha Willingham of Oklahoma City and Mary Lou Beck and her husband, Kelly, of Maysville; a brother, Virgil Willingham of Poteau; nieces, Midge Bledsoe and Barbara Dodd of Shady Point' grandchildren, Tammy Blanken-ship, Randy Haslam, Richey, Danny and Steve Albright, Misty Willingham and Rod and Luke Richardson; great-grandchildren, Curt and Clint Blankenship, Austin, Savannah and McKinley Albright and Laci and Kali Haslam.