Mr Joseph Blakeney Burgess

November 24, 1997 - February 20, 2020

Joseph Blakeney Burgess Carthage, MS Joseph Blakeney Burgess, 22, a surveyor for the MS Dept. Of Transportation, died Thursday, February 20, 2020 in Scott County. Visitation is 12 pm to 6 pm Monday, February 24, 2020 at the First Apostolic Church in Carthage, with services following at 6 pm. Officiating the services will be the Rev.'s Ray Brown, Ken Bow, Johnny Burgess, Joe Burgess, and Jon Hair. Interment will be in the Carthage Memorial Gardens at 2 pm Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Wilcox Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Blake was born in Jackson, MS. He Graduated from Carthage Christian Academy, ECCC, and MS State University. Survivors include: his parents, Rev. Joe and Robin Burgess of Carthage; his sister, Brooklyn Burgess of Carthage; maternal grandmother, Lyndal Hair of Moss Bluff, LA; paternal grandparents, Rev. J. E. and Gloria Burgess of Carthage; maternal great-grandmother, Jaunita Holmes Beall of Jacksonville, ARK.