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- Press Argus Courier (Van Buren, AR)
March 16, 2011
Manford N. Burris Jr., age 70, of Alma died Friday, March 11, 2011, at a local hospital.
He was the executive director of the Crawford County Public Facilities Board, a member and elder in the Alma Presbyterian Church and was retired from the Army National Guard, with the rank of colonel. Manford, who graduated from Arkansas Tech University, was very active in civic affairs. He was the mayor of Alma for 14 years, was currently serving as an Alma city councilman, was a board member of the Alma Boys & Girls Club, a board member of Stepping Stone School in Alma, member of the Alma Rotary Club and had taught school in the Alma School system for 13 years. He was past president of the Crawford County Nutrition Board, had served on the executive board of the Alma Area Chamber of Commerce and was a past board member of the Western Arkansas Planning and Development District.
He is survived by a daughter, Page Phillips and her husband Jeff of Russellville; a son, Jay Burris and his wife Nancy of Van Buren; a sister, Rita Ellis of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Gary Burris of West Covina, Calif.; six grandchildren, Chad Burris, Jacob Phillips, Alex Burris, Molly Grace Phillips, Evan Burris and Harper Phillips; and three aunts, Lois Hubbard of Wichita, Kan., Marguerite Fyler of Wichita, Kan., and Kathleen Yoder of Hutchison, Kan.
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