Tony K. Burris

Tony K. Burris was born May 30, 1929 in Blanchard, Oklahoma just in time for the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The family lived as sharecroppers on farms they did not own, they were often hungry when drought or dust destroyed crops. In 1939, the family moved to a larger farm belonging to his Aunt Jenny Curry Apple and her husband but still had trouble making ends meet. The modest three-bedroom house did not have a phone, electricity, or running water. With help from the four oldest childre