Mrs. Anna Matilda Burkey, 105 years of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Tuesday morning, October 6, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Anna was born on January 19, 1904 in the Dry Valley Community in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, daughter of the late Isaac Newton and Lucy Alice (Eoff) Goen. She was a graduate of Sarcoxie High School and attended Wesleyan College in Carthage. In 1925 she was united in marriage to Dutch Dodson and to this union one son and four daughters were born. Dutch preceded her in death in 1941. While raising her children, Anna continued in her profession teaching in one room schools in the surrounding areas. She continued her education and later graduated from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. For her outstanding teaching ability she received the State of Missouri Golden Apple Award. She retired in 1972 from Eugene Field Elementary in Carthage, Missouri. She enjoyed china and oil painting, doll making, gardening, flowers, and numerous other craft projects. She was member of the Sarcoxie United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Dutch Dodson in 1941 and Ed Burkey in 1966 with whom she married in 1962; a son, William "Bill" Dodson; two grandchildren, Anna Marie Redden and Jim Armstrong; and a brother, Burt Goen. Anna is survived by her four daughters, Dorothy Burkey and husband, Bill, of Reeds, Missouri, Betty Reid of Wentworth, Missouri, Phyllis Carr and husband, Donald, of Sarcoxie, Missouri and Carolyn Branum and husband, Roger, of Houston, Texas; a stepdaughter, Sharon Carlisle and husband, Larry, of Sarcoxie, Missouri; two stepsons, Leon Burkey of Sarcoxie, Missouri and Don Burkey and wife, Freda, of Diamond, Missouri; several grandchildren; great grandchildren; and great great grandchildren. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Burkey are 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Cemetery with Pastors Larry Carlisle and Deborah Schmidt officiating. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are being directed to the United Methodist Church of Sarcoxie, Missouri.