Joe "Joe Baby" Travis Burks

Joe Travis “Joe Baby” Burks, 70, of Summertown passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Crockett Hospital.

Joe Baby was born on October 26, 1946 to the late Joe Burks and Pauline Wiseman Burks in Sandy Hook, Tennessee. He was a faithful husband to Linda Pigg Burks and father to two daughters. Riding motorbikes was his favorite thing to do and only drove Hondas. He also loved to work and paint murals on them. Joe Baby most of all enjoyed life and would light up a room when he would enter it. His personality was always happy go lucky and always spoke his mind. He also loved all kinds of sports.

Funeral services for Joe Baby will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.

In addition to his wife, Joe Baby is survived by his daughters Sarah (Wesley) Skillen and Elisabeth Burks (Carson) Brewer; Grandchildren, Kaliona Skillen, Jaxx Skillen, and Caysen Brewer; Sisters, Paulette (Jim) Howell, and Wanda (William) Massey and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Joe Burks and Pauline Wiseman Burks; sister, Mary Estella Farlow; Brothers, James Edward Burks and Allen Burks.