Kizzie Jane Belcher Burke, age 103, died Saturday, September 01, 2012, at Masonic Home in Shelbyville, Kentucky. She was a member of the Shelbyville First Baptist Church, a Kentucky Colonel and she received a Centenarian Award and a Letter from Congress. She was a pitcher for a women's professional softball team in the late 1920's. She had a lifelong career in nursing and was an avid quilter, making over 200 quilts. She was fully committed to God first, family second, and then to nursing and quilting. She was preceded in death by husband, Frank Lewis Burke; son-in-laws, Glenn Todd, Richard Sipes and Willie Wade; and grandson, Robbie Jones. She is survived by children, Arnold Burke (Eileen) of Elizabethtown, Barbara Todd of Fern Creek, Odetta Tucker (Walter) of Prospect, Brenda Wade of Shelbyville, Larry Burke (Dot) of Louisville, Jerry Burke (Tamara) of Owensboro, and Sharron Jones (Bob) of Shelbyville; sister, Lenora Thompson of Catlettsburg; 20 grandchildren; and 43 great grandchildren. Funeral services were 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at the Shelbyville First Baptist Church with Dr. Stephen Rice officiating. Burial was at Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Shelbyville First Baptist Church Building Fund; World of Hunger; or the Gideon's International. Shannon Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.