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Laina Jewel BURLESON

Female 1943 - 2017  (73 years)


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  • Name Laina Jewel BURLESON 
    Birth 23 Oct 1943  Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 15 Nov 1970  Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 5 Mar 2016  Amarillo, Potter/Randall, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 31 Aug 2017  Amarillo, Potter/Randall, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Religion Baptist 
    Education Amarillo High School, 1962 
    Education Paralegal Institute 
    Occupation Paralegal 
    Death 31 Aug 2017  [1
    Burial Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I58365  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2022 

    Father Albert Joshua BURLESON,   b. 12 May 1914, Navarro, Navarro, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 2010 (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Mary Evelyn LAIN,   b. 26 Apr 1921, Panhandle, Carson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 2012 (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 5 Aug 1939  Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F38276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ronald Dean NELSON,   b. 30 Jul 1942, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 2007, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1963  San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Divorce 28 Nov 1984  Randall County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F38340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2022 

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F38278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2022 

  • Notes 
    • “[Laina] graduated from Amarillo High School in 1962, where she was active in music and theater. She later graduated from the Paralegal Institute in Scotsdale, Arizona and worked as a Paralegal for over twenty years.   

      “…Laina was a member of Sweet Adelines International for over 20 years and Director of the Amarillo Chorus for 12 years.  She was also a member of a quartet, The Sharpsichords and won several competitions including Regional Competitions.  Laina also participated in the music program at San Jacinto Baptist Church now known as The Church at Quail Creek, which included directing children’s choir, women’s Bible Study, church choir and solos.” [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S4025] Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Laina Jewel Burleson Bartlow.

    2. [S200] Tuesday, November 17, 1970, p. 8, “Burleson Rites Set Wednesday".

    3. [S4022] Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Tom Burleson.

    4. [S4033] Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Evelyn Burleson.

    5. [S154] Ancestry.com, California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network Inc., 2007).

    6. [S341] Ancestry.com, Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Case Number: 086418.