Sunset: Apr. 17, 2024
Visitation
Friday, April 26, 2024
5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Eleventh St. Bapt.Church
1101 Laurel St.
Texarkana, Arkansas 71854
Funeral service
Saturday, Apr. 27, 2024
12:00 p.m.
Eleventh St. Bapt.Church
1101 Laurel St.
Texarkana, AR 71854
Interment
Chapelwood Memorial Gardens
1001 Kings Hwy
Wake Village, Texas
SISTER DEBRA ANN WILLIAMS BURSEY WAS BORN JUNE 8, 1959 TO THE LATE JAMES RAY AND ESSIE B. WILLIAMS IN TEXARKANA, TEXAS. SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE GRADUATED FROM ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS A BAND MEMBER AND MAJORETTE CAPTAIN. SHE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE US ARMY WHERE SHE WAS AN AVIATION MECHANIC SPECIALIZING IN THE UH- 47 CHINOOK HELICOPTER. AFTER HER HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1981, SHE EMPLOYED AT RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT AND DOMTAR PAPER MILL PRIOR TO RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING, SHE WAS A DEDICATED AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF BETHEL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY: ONE SON, STUART BURSEY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA; BROTHER, DAVIE (YOLANDA) FRANKLIN OF DESOTO, TEXAS, FRIEND AND PARTNER, WILLIE VAUGHN OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS AS WELL AS A HOST OF LOVING NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND CHURCH MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.