STANDIFORD OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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STANDIFORD, Teresa Sue BURTON 1954 - 1971

Clinton Daily Democrat, Monday, Dec 13 1971 - Rites Here For Slain Housewife - 
Graveside services were held at Englewood Cemetery at 3:30 Saturday afternoon 
for Mrs. Teresa Sue Standiford, 17, native Clintonian, who was found slain in the 
basement of her Kansas City home last Thursday. Rites were held at 1 P.M. 
Saturday at Hinton Chapel, Raytown. Mrs. Standiford was born at Clinton. Her 
maternal grandfather is Judge Floyd Sperry and her paternal grandmother is Mrs. 
Jonah Burton, both of Clinton. Mrs. Standiford had lived in the Kansas City area 
most of her life. She attended Raytown High School and was a member of the 
Eastwood Hills Baptist Church. Besides her two grandparents, she leaves her 
husband Pvt. David Standiford, with the third Marine Division, San Diego; her 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Burton, former Clintonians; two brothers, Robert H. 
Burton and Michael A. Burton, and a sister, Martha Lou Burton, all of 5133 South 
Booth, Kansas City. Mrs. Glenn Burton is the former Nancy Sperry. Kansas City 
police theorize that the 17-year-old housewife may have been killed when she 
interrupted a burglary at her home at 3117 Topping. She had been beaten and shot. 
The Kansas City Star said Willie Dean Porter Jackson, Jr., 24, of Gary Indiana was 
charged Friday with first degree murder and was being held without bond in the 
Jackson County jail. The newspaper said that police would not comment on the 
ownership of a shotgun and a rifle Jackson was carrying when he was taken into 
custody early Wednesday. He was released from the municipal court Thursday 
about two hours after the slaying was discovered. A detective, Charles Gunlock, 
then compared a description of the man sought in the murder to the description 
of Jackson, and Jackson was arrested when he appeared to claim the weapons. 
Mrs. Standiford, who was pregnant, had been dead about 18 hours when her father, 
Glenn Burton, worried when he did not hear from her, discovered the body. She had 
been shot once in the left cheek and had suffered a skull fracture. Bruises and 
abrasions were found on her face and neck, Standiford, who had attended Raytown 
High School, was married to Marine Pvt. David Standiford in August. He left 
Tuesday for San Diego, but returned to Kansas City Friday. Police said they were 
successful in contacting a Gary man, also a magazine salesman and apparently a 
friend of Jackson, but officers would not release information on the 
conversation. The man, who reportedly was to comment on Jackson's where 
abouts, had been with Jackson earlier in the week. (Note: b: Sep 7 1954 - d: Dec 9 
1971)

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