Obituary of Bobbie Lee Burrow

Funeral services for Bobbie Lee Burrow, 90, Overton, will be at 10:00 am, Friday, April 1, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Earl ‘Buddy’ Duggins officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore City Cemetery, Kilgore. Mrs. Burrow passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 in Kilgore. She was born May 6, 1925 in Poyen, Arkansas to the late Shelton and Lottie Hope Broom. She married Ellis Milton Burrow May 8, 1943 in Poyen, Arkansas and moved to Overton in 1946. She was bookkeeper for Dr. James Hamilton for 43 years as a bookkeeper. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Overton. Besides her parents, Mrs. Burrow was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Burrow on October 26, 1985, and a brother, S.E. Broom, Jr. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Larry Stephens of New London; two grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, Justin and April Stephens, Longview and Jeffery and Jessica Stephens, Kilgore; two brothers and three sister-in-law, Bill and Carolyn Broom, Plymouth, MA, Jerry and Patsy Broom, Sugar Land, and JoAnn Broom, Arlington; a sister, Juanita Lamb, Texarkana; four great grandchildren, Austin Stephens, Sadie Stephens, Paisley Stephens, and Macy Stephens; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Justin Arnold, Randy Arnold, Dale McNeel, Charlie Perkins, Steve Wedgeworth, and Jerdy Wolverton. The family will receive friends Thursday evening at the funeral home from 5 pm until 7 pm. Memorials may be made to Heart-to-Heart Hospice,100 W Hawkins Pkwy, Longview, TX 75605.