Mrs. Bernice Lou Burgess Obituary (2018)

Mrs. Bernice Lou Burgess, 87, of Crossville, TN passed away peacefully in her home on July 16, 2018. Lou, as she preferred to be called, was the daughter of the late Walter Isaac and Lola Marie Houston of North Eaton, Ohio. The funeral service will be held at 2pm on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Pastor Junior Pugh will be officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 19, 2018 from 12 pm - 2 pm. Burial will follow immediately after the service at Akins Cemetery. Lou was born September 1, 1930 in Linary Tennessee. She became a professional beautician as an adult and owned her own beauty salon for many years. Upon the arrival of her children, she decided to close up shop and turn her full love and attention to her family. Though she closed her business, she would remain the preferred hair stylist of many church members at the LaGrange Church of God in LaGrange, Ohio where she was a devout member for a large part of her life until moving back to Tennessee. Lou married the love of her life, Arnold C. Burgess, on December 9, 1949 in Newport, Kentucky. They recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. Her greatest wish was to go back in time with her husband and live life all over again. Together. Lou is survived by her loving husband, Arnold C. Burgess, 92; daughter Charlotte Goad of Crossville, TN; son and daughter-in-law Dan and Debbie Burgess of Lebanon, TN; brother Richard Houston; sister and brother-in-law Tom and Genny Duke; grandchildren Tonya and Fred Moore, Adam, Kimmy, Luke, Johnny, David and Chan Burgess, Kaity and Seth Guzman, Brent, Michael and Amanda Wright, Mandy and Charlie Morris; eleven beautiful great-grandchildren. Lou is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Lola Houston, her sister Helen, and brothers Ted, Wes, and Buck.