Carolyne Beth STARKEY

1931 - 2022  (91 years)

• Name	Carolyne Beth STARKEY
  Birth	18 Apr 1931	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  	at 11:30 p.m.
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Carolyn Beth
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  Census	6 Apr 1940	Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  	214 East Elm
  Census	18 Apr 1950	Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA   [3]
  	a student in the W.M.U. Dormitory at Oklahoma Baptist University
  Residence	18 Apr 1954	Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Residence	26 Nov 2011	Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA   [5]
  Religion	Southern Baptist
  Education	Altus High School, 1949
  Education	Oklahoma Baptist University
  Education	St. Louis Institute of Music
  Education	University of Oklahoma, 1954
  Death	21 Dec 2022  [6]
  Person ID	I25556	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Malcolm Charles STARKEY,   b. 1 Mar 1891, Martha, Greer, Texas, USA d. 25 Nov 1937 (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Julia Mettie SAMPLER,   b. 1 Jan 1893, Greenwood, Wise, Texas, USA d. 4 Apr 1972, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1919	Martha, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA   [7, 8]
  	by C. T. Starkey, Baptist Pastor, at the residence of J. C. Collier
  Family ID	F17647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Edward BURLESON,   b. 10 Mar 1933, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA d. 26 Nov 2011 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1954	Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA   [4, 6]
  	in Altus Baptist Church
  Children	+ 1. John Edward BURLESON, Jr.,   b. 14 Dec 1956, McLennan County, Texas, USA d. 19 Aug 2022 (Age 65 years) + 2. Living
  Family ID	F17632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  “[Carolyne] graduated from Altus High School in 1949 and attended Oklahoma Baptist University on a full Presidential Scholarship where she studied piano. As a member of a girl's trio, she performed with the famous Bison Glee Club under the direction of Dean Warren Angel including a memorable appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention in Miami, Florida. “After transferring to the University of Oklahoma, she met her future husband, Ed Burleson Jr. and graduated in 1954 majoring in Choral Directing. While at Oklahoma, she accompanied the OU Men's Glee Club, highlighted by an appearance on the Ed Sullivan television show. Following their marriage, on July 2nd, 1954, she and Ed lived in Bryan, Texas and Topeka, Kansas, before settling in Waco. “Her work life included tenures at Bryan Airforce Base Operations and KWTX Television. She was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church and the Mixon Sunday School Class, The Junior League of Waco, the Thursday Study Club and the Waco Garden Club. Her hobbies and interests included, gardening, Impressionist art, travel, and cheering on the Baylor Bears. “Carolyne left an infinite legacy of music through her remarkable talent as a pianist. She is remembered for countless solo performances around the Waco and Texas region as well as work in the Haskett-Burleson 17 piece Big Band, the Waco Jazz Orchestra, and the Burleson-Graves combo. She enjoyed playing piano all the way through recent weeks at home for family, friends, and her beloved team of caretakers lead by Soynia Childers.” [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File No. 30506. [S1629] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Jackson County, Oklahoma, ED 33-2, p. 4B, line 54. [S4072] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1950, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, ED 63-73, p. 80, line 24. [S953] Sunday, April 18, 1954, Sec. III, p. 3, “Miss Starkey, Mr. Burleson Are Engaged". [S953] Sunday, November 27, 2011, p. 10B. [S953] Saturday, December 24, 2022. [S2807] Ancestry.com, Marriage Records. Oklahoma Marriages, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Film Number: 001939870. [S3968] Thursday, January 1, 1920, p. 4.