Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 24, 2006 at First Presbyterian Church with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, officiating. Private Interment at Dreamland Cemetery. Sidney Preston Burgess was born on September 10, 1918 to John Burgess and Sallie Crawford Burgess-Willson in Happy, Texas. He received his Bachelors of Science from West Texas State in 1939 and his MS in Greeley, Colorado. He was a veteran of WWII, having served as Specialist T in the U.S. Navy. He married Elloese Stevens on December 24, 1941 in Butler, Oklahoma. Sidney was a teacher from 1939 through 1979. He was a life time member of the Presbyterian Church in Canyon. He was a Scout Leader, Elder in the church, on the Board of Trustees, and the Building Committee. He was also a member of the Lions Club from 1946 through 1960. Survivors include; his wife, Elloese Stevens Burgess of the home; one daughter, Linda and husband, Jay Hicks of Charlottesville, VA; one son, Steve Burgess and wife, Jeannie of Shreveport, LA; five grandchildren; 2 grandchildren; one brother, Winston Burgess of Amarillo; one sister, Estelle Parken of Augusta, GA. Family requests memorials be sent to First Presbyterian Church; 904 19th Avenue, Canyon, Texas 79015.