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Doris Burress

August 19, 1932 — June 14, 2016

Doris Jeanette Burress, age 83, formerly of Somerset, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgenville, KY.

She was born on August 19, 1932 in Attilla, KY, to the late Bennie and Bessie Bray Sprowles. She was a patient aide for the Communities at Oakwood and a member of the Somerset Chapter Eastern Star for over fifty years.

She is survived by a son, Alan Burress of Middlesboro, KY; a granddaughter, Misti (and Matthew) Vornberg of Fairfield, Ohio; a grandson, Kyle Burress of Pennsylvania; two great grandsons, Chase and Ashton Vornberg of Ohio; a brother, Donald (and Nancy) Sprowles of Buffalo, KY; and two sister in-laws, Peggy Sprowles of Hodgenville, KY, and Mabel Sprowles of Louisville, KY.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bennie and Bessie Sprowles; her husband, Bill Burress, whom she married on June 21, 1957 in Marion County, and preceded her on March 31, 2000; a grandson, Cory Burress; and two brothers, Dennis Sprowles, and Bobby Sprowles.

Visitation will be on Friday, June 17, 2016 from 11:00am until time of services at 1:00pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. The Somerset Chapter Eastern Star will hold a service at 12:45pm.

Her funeral service will be held on Friday June 17, 2016 at 1:00pm in the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. Entombment will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens.

The family request expressions of sympathy to be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 6100 Dutchmans Ln. Suite 401, Louisville, KY 40205

You are welcome to view the obituary and send condolences to the family at our website: www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com

Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Doris Jeanette Burress

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