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Jack Elmer Burke & Zelma H. Nelson

Jack and Zelma were divorced. They had a daughter named Betty.

Personal Details
- Jack Elmer Burke
  
  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.¹¹
  - 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.
  Zelma H. Nelson
  Zelma was born in 1904. She died at the age of 84 in 1988.

Children
- Betty Jean Burke
  Betty was born on August 16th, 1924 in Davidson County, Tennessee.¹ She died at the age of 55 on August 18th, 1979 in Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee. The funeral took place on August 20th, 1979 at Triune United Methodist Church, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee. She was buried at the Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee.¹¹
  - Death Notes
    
    Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jean Petty were held August 20 at the Triune United Methodist Church with Rev. John W. Hembree and Rev. Fenton Warren officiating. Mrs. Petty died August 18 at her residence on Haley Lane. She was a native of Davidson County and a member of the Eastern Star and the Triune United Methidist Church. She was also a member of the Joy Seekers Sunday Scholl class at the church. She was formerly employed at the C. B. Ragland Wholesale Grocery Co. as a keypunch operator. She was the daughter of Mrs. Zelma Burke of Nashville and Jack Burke of Brentwood, who survive. Other survivors include her husband, Sidney J. Perry; daughter, Mrs. Nancy Jackson; sons, James R. Petty of Triune, John M. Petty of Franklin, and Richard T. Petty of Norfolk, Va.; sister, Mrs. Barbara Baltz of Brentwood; brother, Ceburn Burke of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; ten grandchildren. Pallbearers were Charles Ross, Jack Hildebrand, John Burke, Andrew Winters, Bernard Jones, Ed Ladd and Ralph Pate. Burial was in Triune Cemtery. All arrangements were made by Waller and Company.

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