Eric Grant Burks
April 11, 1966 - December 12, 2009

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Memorial Service Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello ,  AR 71657 12/19/2009 at 12:00 pm Map & Directions

Eric Grant Burks, 43, of Memphis, TN, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Leigh Valley Hospital, in Allentown, PA, after a brief fight with injuries from a tractor trailer accident. He was born April 11, 1966 in Monticello, AR.

Eric "Big Easy", worked for Pat Sammons Trucking, Dunbar Security Service, Tate Tour Bus Driver, attended Shelby State Community College and was a member of Greater Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis, TN.

Survivors include his parents, Earston and Myrtle Harris Burks of Memphis, TN; one daughter, Bianca L. Burks; one step daughter, Lakenya Brown; one son, Joshua Burks; one step son, Jonathan West, all of Memphis; his sisters, Gwendolyn White (Lee), Michelle Burks-Green (Jason), nephews, Kenyen Green, Christopher White and Quinton Burks; a host of great nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.