Burney Willis Ballew passed away Saturday, February 14,
1998, at the Mangum City Hospital in Mangum, Oklahoma, at
the age of 78.

     Burney was born May 19, 1919, in Caddo County,
Oklahoma, to Joseph and Joannave (White) Ballew. During 
World War II, he served in the United States Army and had 
worked for the McDonald Douglas Aircraft Company. He worked
for the City of Tulsa as a bus driver and as a dispatcher with
the Tulsa Fire Department. At his retirement, he was employed
with American Airlines.

     Burney married Elsie Adams June 12, 1972, in Claremore,
Oklahoma. They moved to Mangum in 1981 and became 
members of the First United Methodist Church. Burney was a 
member of the Methodist Men and the American Legion. He
was a loving husband, devout Christian, and loved to read 
the Bible.

     Burney is survived by his wife, Elsie Ballew, of the home 
in Mangum; four children, Ronald Ballew and his wife Judy,
of Lawton, Oklahoma, Donald Ballew, 
Patricia Jubera, and Richard Ballew,
all of Garland, Texas; two step-children,
Rowena Cerra and her husband
Carmen, of Kansas City, Missouri,
and Ramona Janeway and her
husband Bob, of Shawnee, Oklahoma; 
one sister, Beatrice Freeman of Algonquin, 
Illinois; six grandchildren and two 
great-grand-children.

     Burney was preceded in death by
his parents, three sisters, and one
brother.