Mrs. Georgia Jenkins Burleson, 91, wife of the late Dr. Rufus C. Burleson, president of Baylor University for almost 50 years, died at the home of her son in Waco, Texas.
She came to Texas with her father, the late Judge P.C. Jenkins in 1836, the family locating at Old Washington, on the Brazos River. With the exception of the time, she spent in school in Alabama, Mrs. Burleson has been a resident of Texas for 88 years. She was for a number of years the oldest living graduate of the Judson Female Institute at Marion, Alabama.
On 3 January 1853, she married Dr. Rufus C. Burleson at Independence, he being president for 10 years there, of Baylor. The couple came to Waco in 1861 and Dr. Burleson established the Waco University, which was consolidated with Baylor when that school was moved to Waco in 1886. Mrs. Burleson was for many years matron of Baylor, and the trustees named one of the buildings as a tribute to her, Georgia Burleson Hall.
Survived by one son - R.A. Burleson; one daughter - Mrs. S.L. Morris; one brother - Judge W.H. Jenkins.
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She came to Texas with her father, the late Judge P.C. Jenkins in 1836, the family locating at Old Washington, on the Brazos River. With the exception of the time, she spent in school in Alabama, Mrs. Burleson has been a resident of Texas for 88 years. She was for a number of years the oldest living graduate of the Judson Female Institute at Marion, Alabama.
On 3 January 1853, she married Dr. Rufus C. Burleson at Independence, he being president for 10 years there, of Baylor. The couple came to Waco in 1861 and Dr. Burleson established the Waco University, which was consolidated with Baylor when that school was moved to Waco in 1886. Mrs. Burleson was for many years matron of Baylor, and the trustees named one of the buildings as a tribute to her, Georgia Burleson Hall.
Survived by one son - R.A. Burleson; one daughter - Mrs. S.L. Morris; one brother - Judge W.H. Jenkins.
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Mrs. Georgia Jenkins Burleson, 91, wife of the late Dr. Rufus C. Burleson, president of Baylor University for almost 50 years, died at the home of her son in Waco, Texas.
She came to Texas with her father, the late Judge P.C. Jenkins in 1836, the family locating at Old Washington, on the Brazos River. With the exception of the time, she spent in school in Alabama, Mrs. Burleson has been a resident of Texas for 88 years. She was for a number of years the oldest living graduate of the Judson Female Institute at Marion, Alabama.
On 3 January 1853, she married Dr. Rufus C. Burleson at Independence, he being president for 10 years there, of Baylor. The couple came to Waco in 1861 and Dr. Burleson established the Waco University, which was consolidated with Baylor when that school was moved to Waco in 1886. Mrs. Burleson was for many years matron of Baylor, and the trustees named one of the buildings as a tribute to her, Georgia Burleson Hall.
Survived by one son - R.A. Burleson; one daughter - Mrs. S.L. Morris; one brother - Judge W.H. Jenkins.
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She came to Texas with her father, the late Judge P.C. Jenkins in 1836, the family locating at Old Washington, on the Brazos River. With the exception of the time, she spent in school in Alabama, Mrs. Burleson has been a resident of Texas for 88 years. She was for a number of years the oldest living graduate of the Judson Female Institute at Marion, Alabama.
On 3 January 1853, she married Dr. Rufus C. Burleson at Independence, he being president for 10 years there, of Baylor. The couple came to Waco in 1861 and Dr. Burleson established the Waco University, which was consolidated with Baylor when that school was moved to Waco in 1886. Mrs. Burleson was for many years matron of Baylor, and the trustees named one of the buildings as a tribute to her, Georgia Burleson Hall.
Survived by one son - R.A. Burleson; one daughter - Mrs. S.L. Morris; one brother - Judge W.H. Jenkins.
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