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Mr. Bernard Edward Burgess Jr. obituary, North Charleston, SC

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W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home, Inc. - North Charleston

2119 Dorchester Road

North Charleston, South Carolina

UPCOMING SERVICE

Service

Jul. 18, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Lord of the Harvest Christian Faith Center

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Bernard Burgess Obituary

Mr. Bernard Edward Burgess, Jr., 32, of North Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest on Friday, July 4, 2025. He is survived by his wife: Turquoise Laquesa Burgess; children: Sincere Ahmad Burgess, Turlayah Brenee Burgess, Zhakai Maleik Burgess and Laura Cleveland; father: Bernard E. Burgess, Sr.; mother: Tameka S.R. Burgess; stepfather: Carlos T. Collins; grandmothers: Thomaseena VanDross-Elliott and Linda Rencher; siblings: Zaria Mylei Turner and Whitney Prosser; aunts: Lythornia Rencher (Josie), Monique Washington (Kwan, Sr.), Annette Robinson (Leonard), Arleatrice Burroughs and Virginia Nelson; uncles: Gregory D. VanDross, Jr. (Promise), Carlos Vandross, Alfonzo Ferguson, D'Angelo VanDross, Edward Rencher, Da Carlos Butler and Eddie Rencher, Jr; morthers-in-law: Julia S. Underwood and Jacqueline Underwood; father-in-law: Robert L. Underwood; and brother-in-law: Robert Lamont Underwood. He was preceded in death by his grandmother: Valerie Burgess; grandfathers: Eddie Rencher and Gregory D. Vandross Sr. Mr. Burgess worked as a Communications IT. Public Viewing Friday, July 18, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Lord of the Harvest Christian Faith Center 3680 Meeting Street Rd. North Charleston, SC 29405 Celebration of Life Service Friday, July 18, 2025 11:00 AM Lord of the Harvest Christian Faith Center Interment Riverview Memorial Park Cemetery 3715 Azalea Drive North Charleston, SC 29405

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Published by The Journal Scene on Jul. 10, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Bernard Burgess

Jul

18

Service

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Lord of the Harvest Christian Faith Center

3680 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC 29405

Jul

18

Service

11:00 p.m.

Lord of the Harvest Christian Faith Center

3680 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC 29405

Jul

18

Interment

Riverview Memorial Park

3715 Azalea Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405

Funeral services provided by:

W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home, Inc. - North Charleston

2119 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29405

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Arleatrice

July 13, 2025

My fondest memory of my nephew Bj was when he would always sing the song life to me whenever he called me love auntie leatrice

The Wannamaker Family

July 12, 2025

Our belated heartfelt condolences and deepest of sympathies to all of the families, friends, coworkers and all of his other loved ones. IN THE BLESSED, HOLY, AND MOST RIGHTEOUS NAME OF my PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST AMEN AND AMEN.

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