Charlotte Burks

Charlotte Burks
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the 15th district
In office
1998–2015
Preceded byTommy Burks
Succeeded byPaul Bailey
Personal details
Born (1942-10-03) October 3, 1942 (age 82)
Gainesboro, Tennessee
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTommy Burks (died 1998)
OccupationFarmer, politician

Charlotte Gentry Burks (born October 3, 1942) is a farmer and Democratic party politician in Tennessee who represented the 15th district as State Senator from 1998 until 2015.

Burks was born in 1942 in Gainesboro, Tennessee, and lives in Monterey, Tennessee.[1] She was married to Tommy Burks, a Tennessee State Senator. They had three children together, one of whom is former Putnam County Executive Kim Blaylock. She also has 11 grandchildren.[2]

  1. ^ "About Charlotte". Re-Elect Charlotte Burks (website). Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  2. ^ Senator Charlotte Burks - District 15, Tennessee General Assembly website, accessed May 15, 2011