| Burns, Nancy Alice Fulton 214902 |
| Birth: 07/21/1863 Death: 04/26/1924 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Evergreen (19-06-03) |
| Record Source: Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co., The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/18/2025) |
| Notes From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #10; p.553; Service #76; Nancy Alice Burns; charge to Mrs. Eunice Broyles; secured by same; address 308 W. Kaufman; funeral date 27 Apr; residence 308 W. Kaufman; place of death at the same; services at ‘Em. Baptist Church’; time 4pm; Clergyman Morris; Physician L.B. Palmer; date of death 26 Apr 1924 at 3am; aged 60 years, 9 months, 5 days; casket size 5/9; manufactured by Cincinnati; interment at Evergreen 19; coffin price $140.00; burial robe $32.50; burial slippers and hose $1.50; embalming $25.00; hearse $10.00; automobiles to cemetery $5.00; open grave $6.00; total $220.00. THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, Sunday, April 26, 1924: “Old Resident of Paris Passed Away After a Long and Devoted Christian Life-- Mrs. Fannie A, Burns, the eldest child of Mr. and Mr. Rufe Fulton, was born in Polk county Texas, July 21, 1863, and died at her residence 306 West Kaufman street, Saturday morning, April 26, 1924. During her childhood, she spent a few years in Arkansas, later removing to Weatherford, Texas at the age of sixteen years, she moved to Van Zandt county, and two years later was married to John M. Burns of that place. To this union were born nine children in the order named, R. O. (Orville) Burns of Sherman, TX, Bertha, Mrs. A. C. Higgs of Mangum, OK; Mrs. Myrtice E. Lincoln of Los Angeles, CA; Horace G. Burns, of Shreveport, LA; Rule D. Burns, who lives with her parents; J. A. (Adrian) Burns of Dallas, TX; J. R. (Raymond) Burns of Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Eunice Broyles and Byron E. Burns, both of whom reside with their parents. Mrs. Burns professed faith in Christ when she was in her nineteenth year and has lived a devoted, consistent Christian life ever since. She held membership in only three churches during her life, Mt. Pisgah church in Van Zandt county, Mt. Olive church, seven miles east of Paris, and the Immanuel Baptist Church of Paris. She as a member of Mt. Olive church for about 30 years, during which time she saw seven of her children come to Christ and join her church. In addition to the above, she is survived by her husband and a brother, Rev. J. Watt Fulton of Senath, Mo.” Information from Janet Burns Linley, Abilene, TX: She married John Martin Burns. Information from Roberta Burns Hofmann, Ewan72403@aol.com, 01/24/2014: Nancy Alice Fulton Burns was the daughter of Rufus Fulton and Ann Hannah Lucy Barnes, both of whom died near Weatherford. Rufus was the son of Samuel Fulton. Ann Hannah was the daughter of George Washington Barnes and Nancy Watson. Her brother was Jesse Watson Barnes, named after Nancy’s father. |