Memorial services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Lakeside Park at Whippoorwill Bay, 207 Skylark Drive, Granbury, Texas.
He was born Gordon Lee Burch on January 11, 1941 in Wirt, Oklahoma, a son of James Burch and Onnie Gordon Burch. He was born a full blood Cherokee Indian. Gordon served in the reserves in the United States Air Force. He married Veola (Vee) Cato in 1968. In 1969, Gordon and Vee welcomed their one and only child, Rhonda. Gordon first started working at Moore Funeral Home in the cemetery as a grave digger. He would dig the graves by hand, and could dig a grave faster than anyone. Later in life, Gordon opened the Busy Bee Custom Windows shop in Arlington. Gordon loved to fish and work in the garden. Most of all, Gordon loved his family.
He is survived by his wife, Veola (Vee) Burch; one daughter, Rhonda Duffey and husband Tony; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorials to the American Cancer Society in memory of Gordon at www.cancer.org.
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