Henry Louis Burgoon

HENRY LOUIS BURGOON WAS BORN ON MARCH 22,1941 IN GILMER ,TX. HE
"GRADUATED" TO HEAVEN ON MARCH 24, 2023 IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS UNDER THE
LONG AND DEVOTED CARE OF HIS LOVING WIFE SHARON. HE SUCCUMBED TO
EFFECTS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. HE SPENT HIS YOUNGER YEARS IN WALDRON,
ARKANSAS. HE HAS CHILDHOOD FRIENDS THAT HE HAS STAYED IN TOUCH WITH FOR
80 YEARS. HIS BEST FRIEND WAS TOM "BUZ" SAWYER, TOM'S SISTER MARYANNE,
MARION MARIE, LARRY & DOROTHY HOLT, AND JESSIE & VIRGINIA CASEY. HIS FAMILY
MOVED TO EAST TEXAS WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM DAINGERFIELD H.S. IN 1959.
HE DID HIS UNDERGRAD WORK AT UNT AND MASTERS AT E. TEXAS ST. UNIVERSITY.
HE WENT ON TO GET HIS DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION DEGREE FROM E.T.S.U.. HIS
CAREER IN BIRDVILLE I.S.D. INCLUDED COUNSELOR, MATH TEACHER, VOCATIONAL
TEACHER, VICE PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, AND FINALLY THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
TO FINISH HIS CAREER. HE ALSO TAUGHT AT DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY FOR A
SHORT TIME. HENRY WAS A HISTORY BUFF, PLAYED TENNIS AND GOLF. HE WAS
READING BIOGRAPHIES OF HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. HE
LOVED LISTENING TO CHRISTIAN HYMNS TO RELAX. HE WAS A BIG RAZORBACK FAN.
FOR 35 YEARS HE CHEERED ON THE HOGS. BEING A CHRISTIAN, DAD WAS OUR
FAMILY'S SPIRITUAL LEADER. WE LEARNED WE NEEDED TO TRUST GOD IN ALL
THINGS. WE ARE DOING THAT NOW. HE IS IN HEAVEN WALKING AROUND WITH A
BRAND NEW BODY. HENRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY AN OLDER BROTHER WHO
WAS STILLBORN. ALSO, BY HIS PARENTS HENRY T. AND EVELYN BURGOON, BROTHER
& SISTER-IN-LAW CHARLES & ANN BURGOON, NEPHEW BROCK FAULKNER &
BROTHER-IN-LAW BILL FAULKNER, UNCLES SIDNEY & PASCHALL MARTIN, FATHER &
MOTHER-IN-LAW FLOYD C. & DIXIE ERWIN, JIM CHAPMAN, MARK,MATT, TOM & JANICE
HARWELL, AND MATT & JENNY'S BABY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SHARON, SON
SCOTT AND WIFE CARLA, DAUGHTER MONICA, GRANDCHILDREN CAMERON, MADELINE, JILLIAN, GREAT GRANDCHILD LOLA, SISTER MARTHA FAULKNER, NEPHEW C.W. & EMILY FAULKNER & THEIR KIDS, NIECE STEPHANIE DUFFUS & HER HUSBAND JOSH & SON AUSTIN, BILL & ANDREA REEDER, MARCIA CHAPMAN, BUKKI & DIANA ERWIN, BETH HARWELL & KIDS, BLAKE & MANDY CHAPMAN & KIDS, SHAUN CHAPMAN, ALEACIA & LARRY GOOLSBY & KIDS, ELIZABETH & LYLE LUNDY & KIDS, AND JENNY HARWELL & KIDS.