OBIT: Burns, Emmett, 1962 - Bourbon County, Kentucky

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Contributed by: Jean Dalrymple "motherd@theriver.com"
Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 
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With the compliments of The CITIZEN ADVERTISER, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
The Kentuckian Citizen,  1 November 1962.


Paris Man, 38, Burns to Death  At His Home
(this headline says that he is 38, yet the obit below states 33..)


A Paris man was burned to death here early Saturday morning when he
apparently was trapped in the kitchen of his burning home.

The victim was identified as #Emmett Burns, 33, of Highland Lane.

Fire Chief Walter Ishmell  (Ishmael)  said the fire evidently started in the
front part of Burns house about 4:45 a.m.

When the blaze was brought under control about one hour and 45 minutes
later, Burns' body was found in the kitchen near a hot water heater, the
fire chief said.

The victim suffered third degree burns over his entire body.

The house was destroyed.  The victim's wife and three children were at the
home of Burns' family when the fire occurred.

Fire Chief Ishmell said the cause of the fire was not known.

Burns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Burns; a daughter, Brenda Faye
Burns, at home; two sons, Danny Norwood Burns and Larry Owen Burns, at home;
his parents, Mr.  and Mrs. Henry Burns, Paris; four sisters, Mrs. Ray Tramby
and Mrs. W.O. McDowell, Norwood, Ohio; Mrs. W. M. Burns, St. Louis, Mo., and
Miss Pauline Burns, Paris, and three brothers, Thomas and Paul Burns,
Norwood, Ohio, and Norman Burns, Sardis.

Services were conducted at  - ? - p.m. Monday at the Davis Funeral Home by
the Rev. Donald Carroll.  Burial was in the Paris cemetery.  Bearers were
Clyde, Kenneth, Ray and William Roe.  W. O. McDowell and Roy Tramby.


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