Joe V. Burton Obituary (1925

Joe V. Burton, 80, of Knoxville, died Thursday, May 26, 2005 at Johnson County Medical Center in Clarksville. The son of Arthur and Mary Jane Drummond Burton, he was born January 26, 1925 in Hickeytown, near Knoxville. He married Dorothy Mae Alderson on March 31, 1951 at the Knoxville Church parsonage. Joe began working with Eureka Brick Company in Clarksville in 1951 and retired in 1972. He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Knoxville. He was preceded in death by his parents and five sisters, Ruth Nichols, Alta Hunnicutt, Margie Chavers, Jessie Hattabough and Mary Storms. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Burton, Knoxville; two daughters, Sherry Hudson and husband, Ronnie, Charlotte, NC, Donna Reed and husband, Gary, Winslow; 5 grandchildren, Larissa Reed, Fayetteville, Renner Reed, Little Rock, Joy Osuch & husband Steve, Danforth, ME, Ronnie Hudson & wife Leigh, Uniontown, PA, Mary Hudson, Charlotte, NC; a brother, Willard Burton, Knoxville. Funeral will be at 10 am Saturday, May 28, 2005 at First Baptist Church at Knoxville. Rev. Don Roy Hankins and Rev. Richard Snyder will officiate. Burial will be at Knoxville Cemetery by Humphrey Funeral Service. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Glenn Rainey, Don Cochran and members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class. Memorials may be made to Gideons International. PDF Printable Version