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Deborah L. Burkett

Deborah L. Burkett's Images and Stories from Cherokee County, Texas

Deborah L. Burkett
Deborah L. Burkett
Dr. Deborah L. Burkett, retired educator and graduate of University of Southern California, Los Angeles has deep ties to this area; her family arrived during the Republic of Texas. She is chair of the Cherokee County Historical Commission and a founding member of the Troup Genealogic/Historical Society, Inc., and as a member of working committees who published Troup Goes to WW II (1999) and A Century of the History of Troup, Texas 1850s - 1950s (2009). Burkett's own publications include Quilts and Their Stories Binding Generations Together (2013) and East Texas Piney Woods Spunky Women-1830s to 1950s- Spirited Individuals Who Made a Difference (2016).