Mr. Bert Burnham, Jr.

Bert Burnham, Jr., 88, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Merit Health Central Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Friday, July 15, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 10am Saturday, July 16, 2016 in the funeral home chapel with a one hour visitation prior to service time. Interment will follow at Puckett Cemetery. Mr. Burnham was born in Puckett, MS to the late B.S. and Lila Burnham. He lived in Byram for the last 16 years having come from South Jackson. A U.S. Army Veteran, Mr. Burnham served in the Panama Canal Zone during the Korean Conflict. He was Senior Lab Technician with Armstrong World Industries for 41 years and a lifetime member of Epworth UMC and a current member of Forest Hill UMC. He is preceded in death by his wife of 68 years Louise Burnham; brother, Prentiss Burnham; sisters Irene Prysock and Ruby McDiarmid; cousin and best friend Bill Huff. Survivors include his daughters Susan Brown (Randy) of Raymond and Gloria Hawkins (Alvin) of Byram; sisters, Evelyn Higginbotham of Flowood and Betty Rose Tadlock of Raleigh; granddaughters, Olivia Louise Hawkins and Maggie Catherine Hawkins. On line guest book available at www.chancellorfuneralhome.com.