Charles S. Burris

Funeral services will be 2:30 pm, Saturday, August 23, 2025 at New Home AME Zion Church in York, SC, with Rev. Dr. H.A. Gregory presiding, and Rev. Andre Good eulogizing. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Friday, August 22nd at the funeral home, and other times at the family home on Hunter Street in York.

Charles Steven Burris, 66, a beloved son, devoted brother, loving uncle and cherished friend departed this life to eternal rest on August 14 , 2025 at home. Charles was born January 17th, 1959, to the late Charles L. Burris "Bay" and the late Zoralean Garvin Burris "Lean".

He was a 1978 gradate of York Comprehensive High School. After high school, he proudly served in the US Army. At the age of 14, he began working in the knitting factory where he learned to sew, a craft he dedicated himself to for over 50 years. Charles mastered his skill and could create anything from wedding dresses to chair covers to making his own clothes.

He was motivated by his desire to improve the lives of others through his actions. He would cook for the homeless, would visit the sick and shut in, as well as those imprisoned. He would call and check on EVERYBODY! His presence was a force to be reckoned with. He loved singing, dancing and he was definitely the life of the party.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Zoralean Burris; his sisters Karen and Annie Ruth Burris, his brother Jessie James Burris, and his godson Maurice Jeter.

Survivors include three sisters, Donjinina Burris of Newport, SC, Jacqueline Crawford (Tony) of Gastonia, NC, Helene Patton of York, SC; Five Brothers: Larry Garvin of District Heights, MD; Victor Garvin of Rock Hill, SC, Stanley, Garvin of York, SC; Gregory Garvin of York, SC, Arthur Castle of York SC; Three Aunts: Barbara Garvin of York, SC, Annie Burris Roddy of Charlotte, NC and Joann Burris of Columbia, SC; One Uncle: William Garvin of York, SC. Others he called his own: Shania, Dean, Quanta, Porsha, Jabriel, Adriane, Brooklynne, Ray’vion, Kenyon, Caiden, Devon, Isa. His God children are: Hikeya Davis, Sean Long, Gerald Mitchell Godson, Jamie Hinton and Kemont; and his life long friend Eddie “Buster” Gilmore JR, Herman Thompson. Special mentions to Marie Hill (Ma Moot).

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