Alice Jackson Burris, 82

McMinnville resident and Briceville, Tenn., native Alice Jackson Burris, age 82, was born Nov. 26, 1923 and died Dec. 28 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga after a sudden illness.

A retired florist and former owner of the Flower and Gift Center in Woodbury, she was a member of the Ivy Bluff Church of Christ. She was first married to the late Paul P. Jackson and later married to the late W.T. Burris. In addition to her husbands, she was also preceded in death by her parents, Charlie C. and Mattie Prince Martin; sisters, Maude Sweet, Carrie Duncan and Faye Jefferies and brothers, Willard and Paul Martin.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Paulette Jackson and John P. Jones of Lake City, Fla.; son and daughter-in-law, Johnny Wayne and Sally Jackson of Chattanooga; grandsons, John Robert Jones of Macon, Ga., Patrick Jones of Nashville, and Paul and Tip Jackson of Chattanooga; sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Bud Bracken of Oak Ridge.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in High’s Chapel with Kenneth Mears and Charles Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. until time of service at High’s. Online condolences may be sent at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Dec. 30, 2005