Wilton Burgess of McGregor died Sunday night, January 6, 2013, at the age of 85. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Cole Funeral Home Chapel, 1113 West Fifth Street, with Rev. Dustin Gist officiating. Interment will follow in McGregor Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at Cole Funeral Home. Mr. Burgess was born April 12, 1927, in Flat, Texas, the son of the late J.B. and Anna Lee (Biddy) Burgess and attended school in Moody. From 1945 until his honorable discharge in 1946, he served his country in the United States Army where he was decorated with the Victory Ribbon with 1 overseas service bar and the Army Occupation Ribbon from Germany. He was a member of the Bryant Oliver Post of the American Legion in McGregor. On April 12, 1974, he married Zuma Jo Orr in McLennan County. Throughout his working career, he had several jobs to include bricklaying, working with aircraft and retired from Huck Manufacturing as a machine operator in 1989. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Moody and was an avid fisherman. Also preceding him in death were three sisters, Lorraine Tucker, Berdine Patters on, Irene Gaddy; two brothers, K.C. Burgess, Lee Roy Burgess; Stepdaughter, Barbara Ruckman; a stepson, Dennis Flickinger and a great granddaughter Stephenie Pierce.Survivors include his wife, Zuma Burgess of McGregor; four stepsons, James Thomas Hargrove of Dallas, Andrew Polston of Waco, John Polston of Moody, Melvin Flickinger of San Antonio; two daughters, Mary Ann Mullen of Waco, Janice Locke of Austin; three stepdaughters, Jackie Bartels of Valley Mills, Linda Pierce of McGregor, Donna Malcik of Belton, three brothers, J. B. Burgess, Jr. and James Burgess both of McGregor, Bobby Burgess of Moody; one sister, Darlene Mathenia of San Antonio; twenty-two grandchildren, forty-one great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Casketbearers will be Gary Bass, Glen Brown, Monty Burgess, Mack Dowell, Danny Grims and Charles McAnelly.