Note: Alias:<ALIA> /Gene/ His stepfather, Jimmy Burk, raised him. He considered Jim my his daddy, he did not have much contact, if any, with Loyd while growing u p. His immediate family called him Gene others knew him as Harold. He was raised as a Burk and used that last name until about 1975, before Grant was born. He had his name changed back legally to McGhee at that time. His wife at the time (Pam) wanted him to change it to his given last name. None of h is children were raided together. In the 1990's he decided to get in touch w ith all of his children and let them know they had siblings. Although all of us never got together at the same time, I (Theresa) have met all of them and stay in contact with them now. I am the only child that he stayed in contac t with while growing up due to the close relationship with his mother (Rosa) and my mother (Brenda). They are still close and stay in contact. He had hi s first heart surgery when he was about 1 year old in Baltimore, MD. He had several heart surgeries to correct valve problems through the years. He was on the Liver Transplant list when he died. He had Hepatitis A, B, and C alon g with other problems. The Hepatitis, they believe, he got from a blood tran sfusion he received when he had one of his heart surgeries in the 1970's (bef ore blood was tested). About 2 weeks before he passed away he had heart surg ery in St. Louis, MO, to correct a problem that had got him bumped off the tr ansplant list. It was thought that everything was going to be ok since he ma de it through the surgery (He was not expected to live through the surgery). He died of a massive stroke (his heart threw a blood clot that killed him - according to his wife Rena) at home in Yellville, AR. The funeral was held a t the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Mountain Home, AR. Haro ld wanted Jimmy Kelly, his son, to preach at his funeral. Jimmy did the grav e side service at Crittenden Memorial Cemetery in Marion, AR. Although whe n he died he was legally a McGhee, the headstone on his grave reads Harold Ge ne Burk. He was buried by his stepfather (Jimmy Burk). Harold wanted to be buried by Jimmy (this was known by everyone), the man he considered his daddy . Source: Harold McGhee and Theresa Burk
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