Karlie Dierdra Burris, 18, of Summit, MS passed away Thursday November 9, 2023.

Visitation will be Wednesday at Hartman Jones Funeral Home in McComb from 5-8 PM and Thursday from 12:00 until services at 2:00 PM.  Burial will follow in the Mars Hill Cemetery.  Rev. Brad Fitzgerald will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Will Burris, Jared Allen, RJ Allen, Alex Simmons, Jonathan Douglas, Trevor Ray, Delad Bickham, Terrance Lamkin, Channan Lamkin, Chris Woodall, Wayne Wilson, Brian "Burns" McManus, Cody Bates, and BJ Burris.

Karlie was born September 19, 2005 in McComb, MS to William Marshall "BJ" Burris Jr. and Krystal Hickman.

Karlie attended school at North Pike High School and recently went to work for Wayne Sanderson Farms in the packaging department.  She lit up any room she walked in and loved her family and friends with all of her heart. Karlie had the kindest heart but she was also tough and very protective of her loved ones.  She never met a baby she didn't love.  She was loved very much by her family and friends.  She touched the lives of everyone she met.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother Samantha Burris;  grandfather Jeff Hickman; great grandparents Hilburn and Emily Jane "Meme" Burris; and great great grandmother Alice Hickman.

She is survived by her parents William Marshall "BJ" Burris Jr. of Summit; Krystal Hickman of Summit; two brothers Jared Dwayne Allen and William Marshall "Will" Burris III of Summit; sister Abbygail "Abby" McKinzie Wilson of Summit; grandfather William Marshall Burris Sr. of Summit; grandmother Sheila Hickman of Summit; uncle Jimmy Burris of Petal;  aunts Kayla Gayle Burris (Delad Bickham) of McComb; Laura Hickman of Texas;  great aunt Nora and Edgar Bennett of Magnolia; step parents Erin and JT Lamkin of Brookhaven; Shannon and Chris Woodall of Brookhaven;  and Brian "Burns" McManus of LaPlace, LA.