Burgess, Morris "Fuzz" (LaFayette)

  • Monday, December 28, 2015

Morris  “Fuzz”    Burgess,  87,  of  LaFayette, Georgia, passed  away  Saturday,  December 26, 2015.

Morris  owned  and  operated  Burgess  Used  Cars  in  the  Center Post  community.  He  was  in  the  used  car  business  for  over  55  years.

He  is  survived  by  his  loving  wife  of  68  years,  Martha  Jo  Burgess;  daughters  and  sons-in-law,  Gail  (Jerry)  Durham  of  LaFayette  and  Maxine  (Danny)  Laney  of  Ringgold;  sons  and  daughter-in-law,  James  (Judy)  Burgess  of  Chatsworth  and  Kenneth  Burgess  of  LaFayette;  one  sister,  Arna  Howard  of  Rossville;  nine  grandchildren;  17  great-grandchildren;  and several  nieces  and  nephews.

Funeral  from  the  Wallis  Memorial  Chapel will be  Tuesday,  Dec. 29  at  1 p.m.  with  Rev.  Pam  Frye  officiating. Interment will follow  in  the  LaFayette  Memory  Gardens.

Family  will  receive  friends  at  the  funeral  home  Monday, Dec. 28 from 5-8 p.m.

Arrangements  are  by  Wallis-Wilbanks  Funeral  Home,  LaFayette.  

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