David Lee Burkett, 74, passed away Friday, January l, 2016, in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, at Ash Creek Baptist Church. Committal and Masonic rites will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Snyder Cemetery in Snyder. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Biggers Funeral Home. David Lee Burkett was born February 13, 1941, in DeKalb to Charlie E. and Lyndell Wooley Burkett. He married Mary Karen McCraw on July 15, 1960, in Andrews. He worked as a production clerk in the petroleum industry for many years. Mr. Burkett was a member and Past Master of Scurry Lodge 706 A.F. A.M. and a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was an ordained deacon, was active in the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Snyder, served as a volunteer at Harris-Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth and was a member of Ash Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Burkett was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Mary Karen Burkett; son, Kevin Lee Burkett; parents, Charlie and Lyndell Burkett; sister, Dorothy Jo Cozens; mother and father-in-law, Kenneth and Sarah McCraw. He is survived by his daughter, Kami Scheller and husband, Kevin, of Azle; brothers, Bobby Gerald Burkett and wife, Judy, of Jal, New Mexico, Morris Dale Burkett and wife, Lana, of Eunice, New Mexico; brother-in-law, Kenneth McCraw Jr. and wife, Lynn, of Cedar Park; and grandson, Kade Scheller of Azle.