Kimble County, TX - Obits:  Burt, Dr. J. W., 1913
Tuesday, June 6, 2000

Submitted by:  burtwyat@ctesc.net  (Frederica Wyatt)
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"Kimble County Citizen" Newspaper, January 31, 1913
Used with permission
                                        Obituary
  With sadness we chronicle the death of Dr. J. W. Burt.  This honored citizen of Kimble
County has gone from our midst.  He was born in Washington County, Arkansas, in July, 1851.
Came to Kimble County, May, 1882, and has been engaged in the practice of Medicine ever
since.  His health has been on the decline for some months, and a short time ago he went
to Marlin, Texas, for medical aid, where he passed away January 21, 1918 (sic).  His
remains were brought to his hoem in Junction, and on the 24th interrment was made in the 
Junction cemetery.  A Brief religious service was held at the home of the deceased,
conducted by Elder John S. Durat, when the Masonic fraternity, of which Dr. Burt was an
honored member, took charge, and after the ante-burial service, they, together with the
W.O.W. and Eastern Star members, all the school children, and a host of friends, thronged
to the cemetery where the remains were deposited in the tomb to await the resurrection
of the dead.  The impressive burial service of the Masonic lodge was given the deceased,
while those who loved him joined with the bereaved family in sorrow over his departure.
Dr. Burt will be long remembered as a friend to the sick and the bereaved of our section,
where he has given his life to the suffereing and afflicted.  Many tears flowed freely 
while  (end of clipping)

Note from Frederica:  
He was the son of Dr. John Smith Burt and Helen E. McElroy.  Death date was 1-21-1913.
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                           The Passing of Dr. Burt

  The passing of Dr. Burt is much more to the people of Kimble than the passing of any
private citizen.
  Dr. Burt is associated in the minds of everyone in the county as one of the most
prominent original settlers of this country.  The young people looked upon him as much
a part of Kimble as the Llano River is a part.  To send for him in sickness was
instinctive, to be in Junction at any social event without seeing the good old Doctor
was unthinkable.
  ... the passing of the Doctor is much more, he was a land mark, or rather a history
mark of this country.  He belongs to our youth, our glorious youth, the time when we came
into the new, unknown frontier country, to make homes for ourselves and our children.
He was with us in the time of the open range, when our stock ranged from Rio Grande to Red 
River, of the trail herd, the round-up and chuck wagon, the open range, the open door, as 
wide open as the range, and the welcoming hand to every stranger.  He was with us in the 
pastures, the time of the land rushes, the dry, lean years and late springs.  With us he 
has always been the same cheerful friend taking the bright view, helping us over the rough 
places when times were bad and a pleasant companion when times were good.  We referred 
historical events to him, and deferred to his knowledge.
  And now he is gone, and going has taken some part of us with him.  For long we have tried
to convince ouselves that we are as good as we ever were, that we have the same energy 
and ... as in the early days but this is not so, we are compelled to admit that we are
"has beens", the times have changed and we can change with them.  We live in the past, we
look back to that time, the time of the free and easy life on the open range.  We love to
remember that time and talk of it, of the big floods and late frosts, of cattle driving
and stampedes, the time when we did great things, and made a country.
  New faces, new people, new ways; we are passing awy; our chapter of history is written.
The old Doctor has gone.
                         Old Settler
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