Paul D. Burgess Passed Away 3/10/2010
By Lynette Coil, BraceBeagling Author
March 12, 2010

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report the death of Paul D. Burgess. Funeral Services were held Friday, March 12th at 7:00 p.m. from the chapel of Cookeville Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Friday, March 12 from 5 p.m. until time of services at the Funeral Home. Mr. Burgess died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at the age of 82.

Mr. Burgess was born Jan. 17, 1928. He was a member of Cookeville First Presbyterian Church and a longtime elder and deacon at Union Grove Presbyterian and First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MO.

He was a graduate of Central High School in Cookeville and served in the Navy from 1946-1949. He earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1950 from Tennessee Technological University, a master's degree in extension education in 1962 from the University of Missouri and a PHD in adult and higher education administration in 1971 from the University of Chicago. After starting his career as an assistant county agent with the University of Missouri Extension Services in Gasconade County, he eventually went on to serve as an assistant director of Cooperative Extension. Mr Burgess retired from the university in 1982 as professor emeritus and moved home to Cookeville, TN where he and his wife happily spent the rest of his life.

He was an avid farmer, gardener, whittler, hunter, fisherman and former President of the Upper Cumberland Beage Club.

He and his wife, Anna Lois Milligan Burgess were married on April 18, 1948 and had three daughters. May you rest in peace and our prayers are with your family.