Services for John Winfield Burton were held Feb. 4 in the chapel of the H.S. Smith Funeral Home in Caruthersville with the Rev. Ira Singleton officiating. Mr. Burton died in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 1982. He was 75 years old.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1906, in Caruthersville to the late Jefferson Davis and Georgia (Rudder) Burton. He attended schools in Caruthersville and later married the former Anna Lee Carlton in Piggott, Ark. Mr. Burton moved to Blytheville in 1945 and spent the last 22 years in California. He was an interior decorator before his retirement.
Mr. Burton was a member of the First Baptist Church of Caruthersville.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dixie Lee Thompson of Ballwin; a sister, Mrs. Lela Griffin of Redondo Beach, Calif.; and a granddaughter.
Pallbearers were Cletus Mott, Ralph Carlton, Eddie Cowles, Howard Fike, George Phipps, and Albert Cravens. Interment was in the Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - February 11, 1982
He was born on Sept. 5, 1906, in Caruthersville to the late Jefferson Davis and Georgia (Rudder) Burton. He attended schools in Caruthersville and later married the former Anna Lee Carlton in Piggott, Ark. Mr. Burton moved to Blytheville in 1945 and spent the last 22 years in California. He was an interior decorator before his retirement.
Mr. Burton was a member of the First Baptist Church of Caruthersville.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dixie Lee Thompson of Ballwin; a sister, Mrs. Lela Griffin of Redondo Beach, Calif.; and a granddaughter.
Pallbearers were Cletus Mott, Ralph Carlton, Eddie Cowles, Howard Fike, George Phipps, and Albert Cravens. Interment was in the Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - February 11, 1982
Services for John Winfield Burton were held Feb. 4 in the chapel of the H.S. Smith Funeral Home in Caruthersville with the Rev. Ira Singleton officiating. Mr. Burton died in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 1982. He was 75 years old.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1906, in Caruthersville to the late Jefferson Davis and Georgia (Rudder) Burton. He attended schools in Caruthersville and later married the former Anna Lee Carlton in Piggott, Ark. Mr. Burton moved to Blytheville in 1945 and spent the last 22 years in California. He was an interior decorator before his retirement.
Mr. Burton was a member of the First Baptist Church of Caruthersville.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dixie Lee Thompson of Ballwin; a sister, Mrs. Lela Griffin of Redondo Beach, Calif.; and a granddaughter.
Pallbearers were Cletus Mott, Ralph Carlton, Eddie Cowles, Howard Fike, George Phipps, and Albert Cravens. Interment was in the Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - February 11, 1982
He was born on Sept. 5, 1906, in Caruthersville to the late Jefferson Davis and Georgia (Rudder) Burton. He attended schools in Caruthersville and later married the former Anna Lee Carlton in Piggott, Ark. Mr. Burton moved to Blytheville in 1945 and spent the last 22 years in California. He was an interior decorator before his retirement.
Mr. Burton was a member of the First Baptist Church of Caruthersville.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dixie Lee Thompson of Ballwin; a sister, Mrs. Lela Griffin of Redondo Beach, Calif.; and a granddaughter.
Pallbearers were Cletus Mott, Ralph Carlton, Eddie Cowles, Howard Fike, George Phipps, and Albert Cravens. Interment was in the Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - February 11, 1982
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