OBITUARY: Ralph Elliot Burgess

OBITUARY: Ralph Elliot Burgess

  Ralph Elliot Burgess, fondly known as “Bud”, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Cherokee Indian Hospital after an extended illness. He was 80 years old, born April 12, 1942. Bud is the son of the late George Algar Burgess and Etta Leola Bradley Burgess....

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Joining the Army of the Elderly

  By THOMAS PATRICK-JOSEPH HANKS Retired Pastor   When my daughter, Hope, was five, her Kindergarten teacher invited her and her classmates to share a little bit about what their parents did for a living. Hope later told me that she told her class, “My mommy...