MCCLURE, Ill. -- Courtney Michelle Burns, infant daughter of Chad and Melissa Pierce Burns of McClure, died at birth on Saturday, Oct. 5, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.
Survivors include her parents; her grandparents, Tim and Ilene Pierce of Cairo, Loretta Burns of Cairo and Vince Burns of Makanda; and her great-grandparents, Orland and Pauline Gray of Boaz, Ky., Barbara Hoppe of Urbandale, Jesse Burns of DeSoto and Bernice Pierce of Scott City.
A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge with the Rev. Scott McDuffie officiating. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.
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