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| Burton, Billy Wayne 265775 |
| Birth: 06/23/1945 Death: 02/19/2014 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Fairland-Littlejohn (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: 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. (12/15/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Feb. 21, 2014: "Billy Wayne Burton, 68, father of five, chemist and military veteran went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the chapel of Starrett Funeral Home, with the Rev. Rick Preston officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairland-Littlejohn Cemetery in Paris. The family will receive friends at the funeral home for one hour prior to the service. Bill was born on June 23, 1945 in Texas as the youngest of three children to Melvin and Ollie Mae Johnson Burton. He was a graduate of Paris schools and earned a degree in Biology from Prairie View A & M University. Bill served his country faithfully in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a Medic, then returned home to make a living as a Chemist, working in Indiana before making his way to Wichita, Kansas to work for Koch Industries. He was somewhat of a renaissance man, pursuing his career in Chemistry while enjoying fishing, visiting zoos, cooking, baking, gardening, camping, riding his motorcycle and taking his family on Sunday drives. He was preceded in death by his parents, his two brothers, Melvin Burton, Jr. and Charles Burton; and a sister, Ola Faye Woods. Bill was the proud father of five children; Warren. Erica, Kandra, Patrick and Alex and was grandfathr to Nile, Noah and Adrain. Honorary pallbearers are Warren Burton, Patrick Burton, Alex Burton, Nate Hinson and Newton Woods, Jr. If desired, memorial contributions in Bill’s memory may be made to teh Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd, Wichita KS 67212." |
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