OBITS: Sturgis News, July 29, 1998 - Union Co

Copied with the Permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County,
Wednesday, August 5, 1998, Number 31. Obits on page 2.


EARL M. BURNS
    
Earl M. Burns, 84, Owensboro, formerly of Fordsville, died Friday at
Bon Harbor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
    
Mr. Burns, a member of the Zion Baptist Church in Ohio County, was born
in Owensboro to his parents, Mary Etta Morris Burns and Silas John Burns.
He was a self employed carpenter and had worked in the maintennance
departments of Hillcrest Health Care Center and Golden Years Nursing Home.
    
He was preceded in death by his wife, Corrine Powell Burns, in 1995;
his son Herman Burns on Februrary 26, 1998; a brother, Matthew Burns and a
sister Bertha Knott.
    
Survivors include six sons, Silas, William and Roger, all of Owensboro,
Thomas and Homer, both of Rocky Mountain, VA and Beverly of San Antonio,
TX; two daughters, Zella Mae Quinn of Sturgis and Anita Keith of Owensboro;
twenty six grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and two great great
grandchildren.
    
Services were held Monday at the James H. Davis Memorial Chapel. Burial
was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ohio County, KY


From: "Maria Troutman" 
<troutman@interquest.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998