Obit of Willard Larry Burns (b652) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 18 Nov 2002 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Burns, Dunlap, Stone Willard Larry Burns, of Sayre, died July 1, 1983 in the Elk City Community Hospital. Funeral services were held on Sunday july 3, 1983 at the first Baptist Church in Sayre at 2 p.m., with Rev. Lynn Heard officiating. Interment was in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma. Mr. Burns was born on July 2, 1940 in Reydon, Oklahoma. Willard attended school at Reydon and was a member of the graduating class of 1959. The son of John J. and Jeanie Violet Burns, he married Helen Joyce Dunlap on September 2, 1961 in Wheeler, Texas. They made their home in Sayre where he worked for the post office. He later became the owner of Freshwater Company. He is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. He is preceded in death by his father and one brother. Survivors are: his wife, Joy; one daughter, Shawna jane Burns, of the home; one son, Larry Dean Burns, of the home; his mother, Jeannie Violet Burns, of Elk City; one brother, Dennis Lynn Burns, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; one sister, Thurma Jean Stone of Edmond. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 7-Jul-1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html