Surry-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burton, Garland C. Sr., 1985 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GARLAND COLE BURTON, SR. DENDRON - Garland Cole Burton Sr., 78, died Tuesday in the home of his daughter in Norfolk. He was a lifelong resident of Dendron. He retired as a mechanic from the Southside Motor Co. in Wakefield. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Hill Burton of Norfolk; four daughters, Mrs. Norma B. Crocker of Smithfield, Mrs. Alice B. Morgan of Dallas, Mrs. Judy B. Flowers of Norfolk and Mrs. Virginia B. Galdos of Yorktown; four sons, Garland C. Burton, Jr., of Williamsburg, James H. Burton of Waverly, Richard L. Burton of Chesapeake and Carl M. Burton of Smithfield; a sister, Mrs. Faye B. Barrette of Virginia Beach; a brother, Willie H. Burton of Newport News; 20 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Brandon Episcopal Church Cemetery, Burrowsville, by the Rev. Robert Wolfe. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society. Garland Cole BURTON, Sr., retired mechanic, lifelong resident of Dendron, d. 3 Sep 1985, daughter's home, Norfolk, age 78, interred in Martins Brandon Episcopal Church Cemetery*, Burrowsville, Prince George Co., 6 Sep 1985, donated obit, publication unknown Additional information: *Find a Grave Mem. #32904709 His parents, Richard Evans & Idella G. (MURPHY) BURTON are buried in Burton's Grove Christian Church Cemetery, near Wakefield. His wife's (donated, 2005) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b635m2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b635g1ob.txt