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Edwin Ratcliffe Burnley

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Edwin Ratcliffe Burnley

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Jul 1971 (aged 78)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
McCracken County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Name: Edwin Burnley
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1896
Death Date: 12 Jul 1971

Published in The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 - HICKMAN, Ky. - Edwin Ratcliffe Burnley, retired chief of the appraisal branch of the Nashville District Corps of Engineers, died yesterday in Baptist Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Funeral Home in LaCenter, Ky. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery in McCracken County, Ky.

A NATIVE of Kevil, Ky., he was a graduate of McClean College which later became a part of the University of Kentucky. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity and Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity. He was a veteran of World War I.

Married to the former Eddie Rutherford in Kevil, who survives.

He was employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission before joining the Corps of Engineers in 1939. He came to the Nashville district in 1947 as chief of the appraisal branch.

BURNLEY, OF 802 S. Wilson Blvd., was a member and former deacon of Vine Street Christian Church, a member of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, the Civitan Club and the Golden Key Club of the University of Kentucky.

Survivors, in addition to his widow, include two sisters, Mrs. Percy Jones and Mrs. Doris Colvin, LaCenter, Ky.
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs
Name: Edwin Burnley
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1896
Death Date: 12 Jul 1971

Published in The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 - HICKMAN, Ky. - Edwin Ratcliffe Burnley, retired chief of the appraisal branch of the Nashville District Corps of Engineers, died yesterday in Baptist Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Funeral Home in LaCenter, Ky. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery in McCracken County, Ky.

A NATIVE of Kevil, Ky., he was a graduate of McClean College which later became a part of the University of Kentucky. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity and Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity. He was a veteran of World War I.

Married to the former Eddie Rutherford in Kevil, who survives.

He was employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission before joining the Corps of Engineers in 1939. He came to the Nashville district in 1947 as chief of the appraisal branch.

BURNLEY, OF 802 S. Wilson Blvd., was a member and former deacon of Vine Street Christian Church, a member of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, the Civitan Club and the Golden Key Club of the University of Kentucky.

Survivors, in addition to his widow, include two sisters, Mrs. Percy Jones and Mrs. Doris Colvin, LaCenter, Ky.

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