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John Baxter Burns Jr.

Birth
Burns, Smith County, Mississippi, USA
Death
Mar 1970 (aged 64)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for J. B. Burns, Jr., 64, president of Highway Materials Co., will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from Wright and Ferguson Chapel, with Rev. Warren Hamby officiating. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mr. Burns died Friday night at Baptist Hospital following an apparent heart attack. A resident of 832 Pinehurst had lived in Jackson since 1927.He was a native of Burns in Smith County, a graduate of Mississippi State University in civil engineering, was former secretary of the Mississippi Highway Commission, and a member of Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church.

Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Elise Page Burns, one daughter, Mrs. Marcus Treadway, Jr., one son, John Baxter Burns, III, all of Jackson; four grandchildren; one brother, Sidney Burns of Newton; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Gainey and Miss Inez Burns, both of Jackson, and Mrs. B. N. Muckelrath of Bay Springs.

Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi 08 Mar 1970, Sun • Page 8
Funeral services for J. B. Burns, Jr., 64, president of Highway Materials Co., will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from Wright and Ferguson Chapel, with Rev. Warren Hamby officiating. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mr. Burns died Friday night at Baptist Hospital following an apparent heart attack. A resident of 832 Pinehurst had lived in Jackson since 1927.He was a native of Burns in Smith County, a graduate of Mississippi State University in civil engineering, was former secretary of the Mississippi Highway Commission, and a member of Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church.

Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Elise Page Burns, one daughter, Mrs. Marcus Treadway, Jr., one son, John Baxter Burns, III, all of Jackson; four grandchildren; one brother, Sidney Burns of Newton; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Gainey and Miss Inez Burns, both of Jackson, and Mrs. B. N. Muckelrath of Bay Springs.

Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi 08 Mar 1970, Sun • Page 8


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  • Created by: BKBK
  • Added: May 29, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199573236/john_baxter-burns: accessed ), memorial page for John Baxter Burns Jr. (7 May 1905–Mar 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199573236, citing Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by BKBK (contributor 47705417).