Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - R.A. Burton, Jr. *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** R.A. Burton, Jr. R.A. Burton, Jr., 18, who was covered with flames when an oil can exploded in starting a quick fire in the kitchen stove at the family home about 10 miles southwest of Anson Thanksgiving evening, died in Stamford. R.A. and his brother, Eual, 16, were preparing to spend the evening with friends. Eual was burned on the leg and the mother was burned on the arms and hands in atttempting to extinguish the flames. Robert Stuart, a neighbor boy, and little Doris Burton, 4, sistr of the boys were not burned. Both R.A. and Eual graduated from the Anson High School in 1935. The Stamford American November 20, 1936