Arthur Augustus "Gus" Burgess (March 13, 1892-September 6, 1961)
Arthur Augustus Burgess, Sr., . Arthur Augustus Burgess was born on March 13, 1892, in Winfield, Marion County, Alabama, to Charles Pinkney Burgess and Annie Elizabeth Warren [1-6]. Gus, as he preferred, had eight siblings, although the total remains debatable. They included William Charlie (February 2, 1880-May 26, 1900), Lillie Victoria (September 22, 1882-June 29, 1942), Grover Vance (November 4, 1885-June 17, 1908), Rosa Lee (July 1, 1884-September 12, 1964), John Harrison (November 10, 1888-December 24, 1963), Minnie Belle (March 7, 1894-May 19, 1962), Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" (October 20, 1897-December 5, 1962), and Georgia Mae Burgess (January 26, 1901-March 3, 1905) [7-26]. Gus spent his youth growing up on his father's farm in Baccus, where he and his siblings aided their parents in growing the family's crops [8-18]. At an early age, at twenty-two, Gus knew that owning and working a farm like his father's wasn't something he wanted. So, in April 191...