Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Haines, Burte Cameron March 24, 1954
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Virginian-Pilot March 27, 1954
Burte Cameron Haines, 80, former Princess Anne and Norfolk County farmer and 
produce man, died Wednesday at 10 p.m. in a Tallahassee, Fla., hospital after a 
short illness.
A native of Momence, Ill., he spent his early life in Paynesville, Minn., and 
resided in Princess Anne County from 1897 until 1912. He moved to Norfolk County 
and farmed for a number of years until his retirement. He served for several 
years as president of the Southern Produce Company here.
He also had been a vestryman and Sunday school teacher at Trinity Episcopal 
Church, Portsmouth.
Mr. Haines gained wide recognition as a successful farmer, being a pioneer of 
Eastern Virginia in scientific farming under glass. His advanced agricultural 
methods were featured in a National Geographic Magazine picture story.
Headed Produce Company
He had been a member of the board of trustees of the Virginia Truck Experiment 
Station at Diamond Springs.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Helen Dorman Haines; a 
sister, Mrs. Blanche Haines Copeland, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 4 p.m. at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral 
Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

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