Submitted by Emily O'Neal

Rome News Tribune February 27, 1943

Services Set for M. S. Burkett

Funeral services for Marshall Steven Burkett, veteran of World War II, who died Monday in Veterans' Hospital, Augusta, after long illness, were to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Chapel of the Cole Funeral Home. Captain Robert Moore was to officiate. Burial was to be in the family lot in Oakland Cemetery. A native of Texas, Mr. Burkett moved to Rome in early childhood. He enlisted in the Navy in July, 1942, and served on the West Coast until he was discharged in 1943. He was 37 years old.

(Note: Died February 25)