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)