Dale Burress Sr.
Chief Dale H. Burress Sr., 88, of Union City passed away 9:11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Ron Gray officiated. Burial followed in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was held at the funeral home from noon until time of services Friday.
Pallbearers were his grandsons.
Dale was born May 19, 1936, in Union City, son of the late Omer Jessie and Sarah Susan (Crews) Burress. He married Belva Beatrice “Bea” (Baker) Burress Feb. 8, 1958. She passed away March 4, 2022. He retired from the Union City Fire Department as Chief in 1998 after 38 years of service and was a past president of the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association. Dale also worked for Union City Public Works and did general construction around Union City for many years.
He is survived by one daughter, Bonnie Burress of Union City; two sons, Dale “Corky” Burress (Shonda) of Drummonds and Dwayne Burress (Betsy) of Franklin; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Wanda Yates of Martin, Sarah Ann Rushing of Spring Hill, Fla., and Audrey Waters (Ken) of Mississippi; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by one brother, Charles Burress Sr.
The Messenger/11.11.24