Emma Lee Upshaw Burns Obit, Union, LA
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This obituary was run in The Bernice Banner:


Emma Lee Upshaw Burns

Services for Mrs. Emma Lee Upshaw Burns were Friday, August 30, 2002 at
Canaan Baptist Church in Spearsville.  Officiating was Dr. Glenn Morgan
with Rev. Phillip Smith assisting.  
Interment followed in Canaan Church Cemetery.  

Services were under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Bernice.

Mrs. Burns went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 28 following a
lenghty illness.

Mrs. Burns was a member of Canaan Baptist Church.  She was a graduate of
Louisiana Tech University and was a retired First Grade Teacher of 36
years.

Mrs. Emma Lee Burns loved and honored her savior The Lord Jesus Christ,
her family , her church and country.  She was preceded in death by her
husband James L. Burns.

She is survived by her daughter, Christy Hatley and husband Joe of
Bernice; one son, James Edward Burns and wife Patof ElDorado; two
brothers, Kenneth Ushaw of Orange, TX and Jimmy Penton of Spearsville;
one sister Mary Gene Rhodes of Spearsville; Three grandchildren, Mark
Hatley of Bernice, Emily Adkins of Bastrop, and Lara Burns of ElDorado;
and three great granchildren, Jonathon, Bailey and Cody.

Pallbearers were: Mark Hatley, Andy Farrar, Jonathon Spears, Ronnie
Hall, Steve Lawson, and Terry Burns.
Honorary Pallbearers were: Travis Thomas and Austin Thomas.
Memorials may be made to Canaan Baptist Church.

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