Graveside services at Rose Hill Cemetery with family members participating.
Born and reared in the Athendale and Godwin-Chappell communities, she was the daughter of the late George Givens Walker and Elise Fraser Walker. She was a 1943 graduate of Columbia Central High School and attended George Peabody College and Columbia Business College.
As a young lady she worked as a secretary at Middle Tennessee Bank where she met her future husband, James Wade Burt. They married October 15, 1947. He preceded her in death May 19, 2011.
An avid reader, Mrs. Burt was a long-time supporter of Maury County Public Library and a member of The Students Club. She also served as a volunteer for a number of years with Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary.
She was a member of Graymere Church of Christ.
Survivors include her son, Stephen Wade (Sylvia Thompson) Burt of Columbia
Columbia Daily Herald 25 Jul 2015.
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1930 Census, taken 23 Apr 1930, has George Walker, 29, electrician for steel construction company, married at 23 to Elise, 25, married at 19, living in River Rouge, Wayne County, MI. They have a daughter Jean, 4y 9m.
1940 Census, taken 5 Apr 1940, has George Walker, 39, knitter for hosiery mill, married to Elise, 34, living in Columbia, Maury County, TN. They have a daughter Jean, 13.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James W Burt, 24, born 5 Nov 1922, and Jean Carolyn Walker, 22, born 7 Jul 1925, both from Columbia, TN, married on 15 Oct 1947 in Maury County.
Graveside services at Rose Hill Cemetery with family members participating.
Born and reared in the Athendale and Godwin-Chappell communities, she was the daughter of the late George Givens Walker and Elise Fraser Walker. She was a 1943 graduate of Columbia Central High School and attended George Peabody College and Columbia Business College.
As a young lady she worked as a secretary at Middle Tennessee Bank where she met her future husband, James Wade Burt. They married October 15, 1947. He preceded her in death May 19, 2011.
An avid reader, Mrs. Burt was a long-time supporter of Maury County Public Library and a member of The Students Club. She also served as a volunteer for a number of years with Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary.
She was a member of Graymere Church of Christ.
Survivors include her son, Stephen Wade (Sylvia Thompson) Burt of Columbia
Columbia Daily Herald 25 Jul 2015.
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1930 Census, taken 23 Apr 1930, has George Walker, 29, electrician for steel construction company, married at 23 to Elise, 25, married at 19, living in River Rouge, Wayne County, MI. They have a daughter Jean, 4y 9m.
1940 Census, taken 5 Apr 1940, has George Walker, 39, knitter for hosiery mill, married to Elise, 34, living in Columbia, Maury County, TN. They have a daughter Jean, 13.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James W Burt, 24, born 5 Nov 1922, and Jean Carolyn Walker, 22, born 7 Jul 1925, both from Columbia, TN, married on 15 Oct 1947 in Maury County.
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