Herbert Winkfield Burgess Jr.

Herbert Winkfield Burgess Jr.

Herbert Winkfield Burgess, Jr., 45, died on Saturday, September 4, 2010, at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

He was born on November 16, 1964, in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Herbert W. Burgess Sr. and Emma Catherine Burruss Burgess.

Herbert was affectionately known by two nicknames, "Musty" and "House Cat."

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Joseph and Sylvia Burgess; his maternal grandparents, Linwood and Sadie Burruss; and his uncle, Carl Burgess.

Herbert attended Louisa County Public Schools.

He is survived by his parents, Herbert W. and Emma C. Burgess; four sisters, Kathleen Carter and her husband, Herbert, Deborah Holt and her husband, Irvin, Sylvia Burgess and her husband, Floyd, all of Louisa, and Janie Johnson and her husband, James, of Charlottesville. He is also survived by his nieces and nephews, Donnie Burgess and his wife, Carla, Jermaine Scott, Jerome and Josh Johnson, Janay Burgess and Brittany Johnson; one uncle, Joe Burgess and his wife, Mary; aunts, Mattie Erkard, Linda Bishop and her husband, Roy, Fannie Bishop, Julia Grooms and Sara Burgess; two great-aunts, Lorraine Johnson and Gladys Johns; a devoted friend, Alvin "Sam" Christmas; six great- nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, September 9, 2010, at Thomasson Watson Funeral Chapel, 117 West Street, Louisa, Virginia, with Elder Steve Mason officiating. Interment will follow an the Ragland family cemetery.

Condolences may be offered to the family at www.ddwatsonmortician.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.