Funeral services for Mrs. Electra A. Burleson, age 93, of Tyler are scheduled for 7:00 P.M. Thursday, January 21, 2010 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Davenport officiating. Private interment will follow Friday in the Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery with services under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Directors in Lindale. Mrs. Burleson died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in a Lindale nursing center. She was born February 8, 1916 in Panola County, the daughter of Jim and Mertie (Torbet) Ballew and was a longtime Tyler resident before moving to the Lindale area in 1993. She previously owned and operated Weddings Exclusively Florist for 40 years in Tyler and Dixie Garden Center. She was a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her Husband, Henry Duke Burleson; Son, H. D. Burleson and Daughter, Shirley Cook and a brother Tommy Ballew and sisters, Floye Ballard and Juanita Mallet.

Mrs. Burleson is survived by 2 Sons and daughters-in-law, Don and Loretta Burleson of Sand Flat and David and Delores Burleson of Tyler; 2 Daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Larry Blalock of Mt. Sylvan and Mary and Tommy Covey of Lindale; Sister Edith Knight of Wilson, OK; 18 Grandchildren; 32 Great Grandchildren; and 13 Great Great Grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Thursday prior to the service at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale.