Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burton, Josephine B., 1986 

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JOSEPHINE BLANCHE BURTON 

JOSEPHINE B. BURTON, LONGTIME TEACHER, DIES 

  WAKEFIELD - Miss Josephine Blanche Burton, who spent 56 years teaching first 
and second-graders in public and private schools, died yesterday at the 
Hermitage Methodist Home in Richmond.  She was 92.

  Miss Burton, a Wakefield native, graduated in 1916 from Harrison Norman 
School, James Madison University.  She taught first and second grade for her 
entire career.

  She taught from 1916 to 1918 in Tazewell County public schools before 
returning to Wakefield and teaching in Sussex County schools until 1921.  She 
taught in Surry County from 1921 o 1923 and in Norfolk in 1923 and 1924.

  From 1924 to 1940, Miss Burton taught in Surry public schools.  She returned 
to Sussex in 1940 and taught there until 1965.

  From 1966 to 1973, she taught at Tidewater Academy, a private school.

  Miss Burton was an honorary life member of the Virginia Congress of Parents 
and Teacher.

  A graveside funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Wakefield 
Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Wakefield United 
Methodist Church Building Fund, Wakefield, VA. 23888.

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JOSEPHINE BLANCHE BURTON 

  Miss Josephine Blanche Burton, 92, of Wakefield, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 
1986, at the Hermitage Methodist Home in Richmond.

  Miss Burton, a Wakefield native, was the daughter of the late Charles Alva 
and Lucy Churchill Burton.  She graduated in 1916 from Harrison Normal School, 
now James Madison University.  She taught first and second grade for her 
entire career, which spanned 56 years. 

  She taught from 1916 to 1918 in Tazewell County public schools before 
returning to Wakefield and teaching in Sussex County schools until 1921.  She 
taught in Surry County from 1921 to 1923 and in Norfolk in 1923 and 1924.

  From 1924 to 1940, Miss Burton taught in Surry public schools.  She returned 
to Sussex in 1940 and taught there until 1965.

  She taught at Tidewater Academy, Wakefield, from 1966 to 1973.

  Miss Josie, as she was affectionately known to through the years to her 
pupils, was an honorary life member of the Virginia Congress of Parents and 
Teachers. 

  She was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church.

  She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Baxter Pierce of Waynesboro; and two 
nieces, Miss Lucy Churchill of Richmond and Mrs. Boyd Moneymaker of Stuarts 
Draft. 

  She was preceded in death by two sisters, Miss Janet Otis Burton and Mrs. 
Richard A. Plummer. 

  A graveside funeral service was held Friday, Sept. 19, at Wakefield 
Cemetery.

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Wakefield United Methodist Church 
Building Fund, Wakefield, Va. 23888.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, handled the arrangements. 


"Josie" Josephine Blanche BURTON, retired primary school teacher, 
b. 15 Jul 1894, Sussex Co., d. 17 Sep 1986, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 17, 1986; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

Additional information: 

*Find a Grave Mem. #127137660 

Josie was the informant for her father's D.Cert. (2469), which gives: 
   Charles Alva Burton, b. 29 Jul 1860, Sussex Co., sn/o Richard Elim Burton 
   (b. Chesterfield Co.) & Missouri Hargrave (b. Surry Co.); d. 18 Jan 1948, 
   Wakefield; bu. Home cemetery, Sussex Co. 

Her mother, Lucy Churchill (STRACHAN) BURTON, d. before 16 Apr 1910. 
   (1910 Census - Main St., Wakefield, Sussex Co.)  


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