Merriam Dale Burns Kocur

Merriam Dale Burns Kocur, age 81, resident of Millington, Tennessee, departed this life Sunday morning, January 5, 2025 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Merriam was born July 4, 1943 in Courtland, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Horace Dale Burns and Minnie Ola Martin Burns. She was a homemaker throughout her life and loved music, dancing, flowers, butterflies, her church and her family.

Ms. Kocur is survived by two daughters, Kathy Cranford and Tracy Rooks; her son, Glenn McCulley; her sister, Linda Faye Phillips (Roy); her brother, Buddy Burns (Lana); five grandsons, Randy Roach, Jr., Dusten Heins, James Cranford, Brandon Chesney and Riley Poole; seven great-grandsons, one great-great-granddaughter and a host of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Tammy McCulley and her brother, Rodney Burns.

Funeral Services for Ms. Kocur were held at 1 P.M. Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Bro. Mike Hollaway, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Rossville, Tennessee, officiating. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery at Williston, Tennessee. 

Those honored to serve as pallbearers were James Cranford, Brandon Chesney, Riley Poole, Danny Phillips, Rickey Phillips and Robert Phillips.