COURTESY PHOTO Jim Burks with his sons, Carter Burks (54), and Joey Burks (37) as they played together for Lampasas.
COURTESY PHOTO Burks poses for a photo with his wife, Tammy Burks, who teaches at Kline Whitis Elementary School.
COURTESY PHOTO Burks coaches some middle school athletes. He was the LMS athletic coordinator for 26 years.
Longtime middle school coach and teacher Jim Burks has officially retired after 34 years in Lampasas and a long, successful career.
Burks spent the majority of his career at Lampasas Middle School. That was exactly the way he wanted it, Burks said, as he was able to take care of students at some of the most impressionable times of their lives.
Burks served as the athletic coordinator at the middle sā¦