Jack Elmer Burke & Ethel Mai Hooberry

 Jack Elmer Burke
Jack was born on April 30th, 1904 in Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee.¹   He died at the age of 79 on August 29th, 1983 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee.  He was buried at the Nolensville Cemetery, Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee.^1 1 

• Death Notes
  • Chief of the Brentwood TN Fire Dept, Inc. from 1961-83. Jack was the son of John Franklin and Mary Bell Haley Burke. He married Ethel Mai Hooberry of Nashville. Early in his career he served with the Nashville Police Dept. and later the Davidson County Tennessee Sheriff's Department. Later he operated the Burke Detective Agency before establishing three private fire departments in the 1950's and early 1960's; Thompson Lane (Nashville), Tusculum, and Brentwood. In 1961 he moved to Brentwood and was a member of the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce where he served on Brentwood incorporation committee (1969). Chief Burke was also a member of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association and competed in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in the 1960's. He was a communicant of the St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin.
    

 Ethel Mai Hooberry
Ethel was born on September 19th, 1904 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.¹   She died at the age of 86 on January 14th, 1991 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee.  The funeral took place in Waller Funeral Home, Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee.  She was buried at the Nolensville Cemetery, Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee.^1 1 

• Death Notes
  • Ethel Hooberry was born at home and attended the Buena Vista Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Jack E. Burke on February 24, 1934 and they had a daughter, Barbara Ann. Ethel had a son, W. R. Shockley, from a previous marriage. She worked for the Stanley Home Products Co., and won many sales awards during that time. Ethel and Jack lived on Thompson Lane in Nashville next to St. Edward's Church and later they moved to Brentwood Parkway in Brentwood, Tennessee. She was co-owner of the Brentwood Fire Dept. Inc. with her husband. Ethel was a member of the St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin, Tennessee.
    
    Ethel Hooberry Burke, 86, of Brentwood died Monday, Jan. 14, at the Williamson Medical Center. Mrs. Burke was the widow of Jack E. Burke. He was the owner and operator of the Brentwood Fire Department Inc., the predecessor to the city operated fire department. Mrs. Burke was co-owner and vice-president of the company and a dealer for Stanley Products. She was a Davidson County native and a communicant of St. Philips Catholic Church. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Baltz of College Grove; her son, Jack Shockley of Waverly; her sister, Thelma Winter and her brother, Ben Hooberry, both of Nashville; six grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral mass was celebrated Wednesday at Waller Funeral Home in Nolensville with the Rev. Edward Arnold officiating. Burial was in the Nolensville Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Robert Hollister, David Perry, Pat Selby, T.W. Shumate and Herschel Foust. Her Grandsons served as active pallbearers. Review-Appeal Jan. 20, 1991.