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Frank Ray Burns

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Frank Ray Burns Veteran

Birth
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
20 Feb 2021 (aged 72)
Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 4 ROW N SITE 756
Memorial ID
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s/o Press Burns, Jr & Frankie Sanders Burns; h/o Jill Houser-Burns

He accepted Christ at an early age and attended Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He attended Peabody Magnet High School of Alexandria, Louisiana. He later joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam. Upon returning to the United States, he was employed at England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana.

He married Jill Houser Burns in April 1983. They relocated to Nashua, New Hampshire, where their son was born. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire. He retired from Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts after over 40 years of federal service. He served on the committee in Nashua, New Hampshire that was successful in the declaration of the First Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day in 2000. He later relocated to Crown Point, Indiana where he served as an usher at Eastlake Baptist Church in Merrillville, Indiana and a volunteer at Adam Benjamin Veteran's Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana.

Those who preceded him in death are his devoted wife of thirty (30) years, Jill Houser-Burns; father, Press Burns, Jr.; mother, Frankie Burns Brown; in-laws, Charlie & Nancy Houser; brother, Charles Burns; sister, Betty Burns-Simon; nephews, Demetrius Burns and Robert Foreman, Jr.; maternal grandparents; Frank and Louella Prudhomme Sanders; paternal grandparents, Louvenia and Press Burns, Sr.
s/o Press Burns, Jr & Frankie Sanders Burns; h/o Jill Houser-Burns

He accepted Christ at an early age and attended Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He attended Peabody Magnet High School of Alexandria, Louisiana. He later joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam. Upon returning to the United States, he was employed at England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana.

He married Jill Houser Burns in April 1983. They relocated to Nashua, New Hampshire, where their son was born. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire. He retired from Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts after over 40 years of federal service. He served on the committee in Nashua, New Hampshire that was successful in the declaration of the First Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day in 2000. He later relocated to Crown Point, Indiana where he served as an usher at Eastlake Baptist Church in Merrillville, Indiana and a volunteer at Adam Benjamin Veteran's Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana.

Those who preceded him in death are his devoted wife of thirty (30) years, Jill Houser-Burns; father, Press Burns, Jr.; mother, Frankie Burns Brown; in-laws, Charlie & Nancy Houser; brother, Charles Burns; sister, Betty Burns-Simon; nephews, Demetrius Burns and Robert Foreman, Jr.; maternal grandparents; Frank and Louella Prudhomme Sanders; paternal grandparents, Louvenia and Press Burns, Sr.

Inscription

SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM



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  • Created by: Pine Needles
  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223391546/frank_ray-burns: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Ray Burns (26 Aug 1948–20 Feb 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223391546, citing New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Pine Needles (contributor 47887296).