Background
Burkes, Wayne Oliver was born on December 6, 1929 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States.
Burkes, Wayne Oliver was born on December 6, 1929 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States.
Graduate, Mississippi College. Master of Divinity, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Member Mississippi Sen. Ordained to ministry Baptist Church. Minister, educator, businessman.
Member of Clinton Chamber of Commerce (past president), Farm Bureau, Mississippi National Guard Association (ast vice president), Hinds Junior College Education Association, Mason, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Ruthine Ferguson Burkes.