Muriel Vann Burress June 3, 1920 - March 12, 2012

My Nana passed away last Monday. As with most TRUE LOVE stories....my grandfather passed away in 2004 and Nana slowly went down hill afterwards. They truly were soulmates and they adored each other and were smitten with one another till death parted them. She was an amazing woman...and we were so lucky to grow up with her living only 20 minutes away. She went everywhere with us (my mom needed all the help she could get with 4 kids) and I have so many fond memories of her. One of them is her kissing the mall Santa on the lips one year at Highland Mall. And then she went in for a second kiss and said, "Well How Bout That!" She was the classiest lady I will ever know and she was always happy and never had an ill word for anyone. She lived her life to the fullest and glorified God in everything she did. She was the perfect example of a woman of GOD and she will forever be in my heart. I love you Nana!


Reagan spoke at the funeral on behalf of all of us grandkids and her speech was amazing. It brought us back to our childhood Nana...she is emailing it to me today and I will post it.
This is when Rory and I went to see her about a year ago....she was awake and alert. However, when we saw her a few times after this pic she wouldn't open her eyes for us. She is now at peace in heaven with the love of her life.

my beautiful grandmother

Muriel Vann Burress, 91, of Round Rock, Texas died March 12. She was born June 3, 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married Rev. Tommy Burress on March 19, 1943 in Waco, Texas and they had a wonderful 62 years together.She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Tommy Burress. She is survived by her caring daughters Molly Wallace (Danny) of Austin, Betty Glass (James) of Montgomery, Alabama, son Bill Burress, 7 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.She was very active in the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor alumni. She was Alumni President for 9 years and served on the Board of Trustees. She was a noted conference leader and speaker for pastor's wives as part of her ministry with her husband,She brought joy and comfort to everyone she knew and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.Services will be held at 2:00 PM at the Cook-Walden Capital Parks Mausoleum Chapel in Pflugerville. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor Scholarship Fund.Services are under the direction of Cook-Walden Capital Parks; condolences may be left for the family at www.CookWaldenCapitalParks.com.