Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Burleson, Paul August 8, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com September 1, 2005, 9:58 pm Mitchell News-Journal BAKERSVILLE - Paul Burleson, 75, of Mine Creek Road, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 at Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was the son of the late Jesse and Venie Grindstaff Burleson. He was also preceded in death by a son, Keith Burleson; sisters, Mae Robinson, Ellen Howell, Ruth Grindstaff and Jennie Buchanan; and a brother, John Burleson. He was a U.S. Army veteran and member of Silver Chapel Bapist Church. He was retired from Henredon Furniture and worked for the Mitchell County Recycling Center. Survivors include his wife, Betty Elizabeth Burleson of the home; sons, Eddie Burleson and Tommy Duncan, both of Bakersville; daughters, Kim Griffith of Green Mountain, and Dorsy Miller of Hot Springs, AR; brothers, Frank Burleson of Bakersville, and James Burleson of Williamston, GA; sisters, Elberta Buchanan of Bakersville; and Edith Wyke and Mary Hughes, both of Burnsville; 11 grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Silver Chapel Baptist Church. Revs. Jonathan Thacker, Gerald Grindstaff and J.J. Orr officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 7 p.m. until the service hour at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777; or to Gideon International, Mitchell County Camp, P.O. Box 611, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville was in charge of arrangments. Mitchell News-Journal 8/17/05 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/b/burleson25gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb