Mr. Shannon D. “Kuntry” Burden, age 44, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, in Mena, Arkansas. He was born October 9, 1978, to Sidney Darrell Burden and Linda Lue Thompson, in Wilson, Oklahoma.
Kuntry was a rigger in industrial construction by profession. He also was the beloved owner of Kuntry’s Blue Collar Bar & Grill in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was an outdoorsman, enjoying fishing, hunting, motorcycle riding, drinking, playing pool and shooting guns. Kuntry was an animal lover, but above all else he loved spending time with his kids. Kuntry had a zest for life and could be heard often saying his favorite quote, “You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning” and his life motto “Fast cars, fast motorcycles, and beautiful women are all you need in life.”
Kuntry is survived by his two daughters, Brittany Burden (Bennett) and husband David and Shanna Burden; two sons, Zaine and Mason Burden; two grandchildren, Kayden Vann and Laykyn Tuggle; longtime girlfriend, Chastity Bastien; honorary step-children, Hannah Kirk and Oliva Kirk; father, Sidney Burden; mother, Linda Jagger; stepmother, Denise Burden; brother, Chad Burden; sisters, Chassy Gallagher and husband Mike, Levi Waid and husband Josh, and Stacey Burden; nieces and nephews, Dallas, Gavin, Jordyn, Brody, Haylee, Bradlee, JuJu, Connor, Cooper, Chadra, Chad Aaron, Trey, Kyler, Cavell, and Tyra.
He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Bernell Powers and his uncles, Robin Powers and Doug Collins.
Funeral service will be Thursday, July 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at the Beasley-Wood Chapel with Randy Elliott officiating. Interment will follow in the Johnson Creek Cemetery in Black Fork, Arkansas, under the direction of the Beasley-Wood Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Chuck Cox, Dib Deal, Jon Shaw, Billy Ray Cowette, Brian Rodgers, and Shaun Wyman. Leading bearers are Mason Burden and Kayden Vann. Honorary Pallbearers are Wayne Cunningham and Weldon Beaty.
Online obituary at www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com
Kuntry will be sooooo missed! I will ride it till the wheels fall off too! Love you, Kuntry and Say Hi to the Marine guarding the gates, one of my brothers, Semper Fi, and rest easy!
I miss you dude I will never stop missing you you always teased me and messed with me but you never meant it in any rude way I love you and I will never forget you
Nikole I hear you,such a precious soul…..not one day goes by without hearing his laughter and all the good he did for people he was so good to my husband and I and he loved ❤ my sister with his ALL HIS SOUL!!!!!!!!(Heather Swilley Burden)#1in my book