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EDWARD YOUNG "CHIC" BURNS

* Bernice Banner 11/05/1999

Services for Edward Young "Chic" Burns, 86, were held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 2,1999 at 
First Baptist church of Bernice. Officiating was Rev. David Weeks, assisted by Rev. Donald 
Lemmons. Interment was held at the Bernice city Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home in Bernice.
Mr. Burns died Sunday, October 31,1999, at home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 
preceded in death by his parents Rev. Marion Van Burns and Bertha Porter Burns, a brother Taft 
Burns, a sister Mary Lou Durham, and his first wife Cecile Odom Burns.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years: Demaris Rockett Burns; a son Terry Young Burns and his 
wife Jeanne Goss Burns and their children, and their two children Brittany and Paul Young Burns; 
two daughters Rebecca Burns Barnett and three grandchildren Jenny Rebecca Carroll, and husband 
John, Ben Barnett and wife Beth, Cecile Janilu Colvin and husband Billy Harry Colvin, and their 
three children, Stephanie Colvin Solis, Jason Colvin, and Scott Colvin, and one great-grandchild
Daniel Solis. He is also survived by a sister, Alice Durham; two brothers; Van H. Burns and 
wife Margaret, and James L. Burns and his wife Emma Lee; and a sister-in-law, Madge Burns. He 
has one nephew, Edd Burns and three Nieces Christy Hatley, Cathy Nash, and Vanette Harris. 
Mr. Burns loved his Lord, his family, his church, his many friends, and all sports, especially 
the LSU Tigers. He was an active deacon in First Baptist Church for many years and a member of 
Fellowship Sunday school Class.
He attended Texas Military Institute in Terrell, TX and graduated from Louisiana Collage in 
Pineville, LA. He worked for the Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare, in the Union 
Parish Office for 35 years. He was member of the Retired State Employees Association. He loved 
his country and served in the World War II as a Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, attached to the 
3rd division of the U.S. Marines of the U.S. Navy, in the Pacific Theater of War. He has been a 
member of the American Legion over 50 years.
Active Pallbearers were Paul Young Burns, Ben Barnett, Jason and Scott Colvin, Edd Burns, John 
Carroll, and Danny Solis. Honorary Pallbearers were Deacons of the Bernice First Baptist Church,
Men's Fellowship Sunday school Class, Raymond Odom and Dendy Elliott.
  
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