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Martha Jane <I>Ellis</I> Burns

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Martha Jane Ellis Burns

Birth
Johnson County, Georgia, USA
Death
28 Oct 1947 (aged 79)
Higgston, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Martha Ellis Burns, wife of the late Robert Lee Burns, died at the age of 79, Tuesday evening, and funeral services were held from N. Thompson Church at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. S.D. Walker officiating. The services were in charge of Murchison Funeral Home.

Mrs. Burns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Edwards in Higgston, following a long illness. She was a native of Johnson County, the daughter of the late John and Lizzie Brantley Ellis and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in that county.

She is survived by six daughters: Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Mamie Hammock, of Higgston, Mrs. Elmo Morrison, Soperton, Mrs. John Pittman, Uvalda, Mrs. L.L. Phillips, Brunswick and Mrs. Hilton Turner, Baxley. Five sons, John Burns, Vidalia, Virgil Burns, Ailey, Herman Burns, Augusta, Richard Burns, Adrian and Tom Burns, Higgston. Sixty grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Martha Ellis Burns, wife of the late Robert Lee Burns, died at the age of 79, Tuesday evening, and funeral services were held from N. Thompson Church at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. S.D. Walker officiating. The services were in charge of Murchison Funeral Home.

Mrs. Burns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Edwards in Higgston, following a long illness. She was a native of Johnson County, the daughter of the late John and Lizzie Brantley Ellis and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in that county.

She is survived by six daughters: Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Mamie Hammock, of Higgston, Mrs. Elmo Morrison, Soperton, Mrs. John Pittman, Uvalda, Mrs. L.L. Phillips, Brunswick and Mrs. Hilton Turner, Baxley. Five sons, John Burns, Vidalia, Virgil Burns, Ailey, Herman Burns, Augusta, Richard Burns, Adrian and Tom Burns, Higgston. Sixty grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.

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  • Created by: Kay W. Waters
  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80259210/martha_jane-burns: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Jane Ellis Burns (20 Jul 1868–28 Oct 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80259210, citing North Thompson Baptist Church Cemetery, Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Kay W. Waters (contributor 46890871).