George Harvey Burdeshaw
1933 - 2019 (86 years)-
Name George Harvey Burdeshaw Nickname Poppy Born 19 Jul 1933 , , Florida, United States 
Gender Male Died 16 Dec 2019 Buried 21 Dec 2019 Coosada Baptist Cemetery, Coosada, Elmore, Alabama, United States Person ID I40845 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 26 Feb 2023
Father George Grady Burdeshaw, b. 20 Sep 1909, , Houston, Alabama, United States , d. 10 Nov 1987, Bonifay, Holmes, Florida, United States (Age 78 years) Mother Martha Esther Wilson, b. 14 Aug 1912, , , Alabama, United States , d. 9 Oct 2004, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States (Age 92 years) Married 7 Mar 1928 , Holmes, Florida, United States Family ID F15475 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan Ann Horton, b. 3 Oct 1936, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States , d. 1 Feb 2011, Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 74 years) Married Type: Unmarried Children 1. William Allen Molloy Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F15457 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Mr. George Harvey "Poppy" Burdeshaw, 86, a resident of Prattville, Alabama passed away on Monday, December 16, 2019. He was born in Florida to George Grady and Martha (Wilson) Burdeshaw. Throughout his lifetime he has been many things to many people - a U S Marine during the Korean War, police officer in Miami in the 1960s, heavy equipment operator for several decades, long haul truck driver, cook, mechanic, loving son, brother, father and substitute father.
George is survived by his Florida family - daughters, Jackie Burdeshaw and Peggy Farrer (Chris); son, Harvey Lee Burdeshaw (Caroline); brothers, Charles Wayne Burdeshaw, Milton Burdeshaw and Joe Burdeshaw; sister, Shirley Woods; granddaughter, Martha Sue and numerous additional beloved grandchildren and extended family members.
He is also survived by his Alabama family, who knew him best as Poppy - Nancy, Howie, Earl, Nikki, Josh, Christina, Jake, John-Michael, Mary Clara (the "Baby", Landon, Winston and Michael Reid.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Jack Burdeshaw and the last love of his life, Mary "Edie" Kirby. Services will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:00 p.m., with visitation beginning at 2:00 at Brookside Funeral Home Chapel, 3360 Brookside Drive, Millbrook, Alabama 36054. Brookside Funeral Home of Millbrook, Alabama directing. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in his memory.
(Obituary: Brookside Funeral Home, Millbrook, Alabama)
- Mr. George Harvey "Poppy" Burdeshaw, 86, a resident of Prattville, Alabama passed away on Monday, December 16, 2019. He was born in Florida to George Grady and Martha (Wilson) Burdeshaw. Throughout his lifetime he has been many things to many people - a U S Marine during the Korean War, police officer in Miami in the 1960s, heavy equipment operator for several decades, long haul truck driver, cook, mechanic, loving son, brother, father and substitute father.