Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. ; his siblings, Glen Dale Allen and Marcia Brown; and his nieces and nephews, Pam and Dale Johnson. His courageous fight with cancer reached Read More, John Edward Burkhead was born the son of Harrold and Jessie Mae (Johnson) Burkhead on Jan. 31, 1948, in Doniphan, Mo.