TITLE:  J.Y. Burns

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Mary L. Cawthon

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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BURNS, J. Y.
Seneca, Dec. 29- J.Y. Burns, well known Oconee county citizen and 
known to many as "Bud" Burns, died suddenly at his home in the Cross 
Roads section this morning at 8:30 o'clock. A heart attack was 
ascribed as the cause. Mr. Burns was 78 years old, and held in high 
esteem by a wide circle of relatives and friends who deplore his 
sudden and unexpected passing. He was a member of the Baptist 
denomination. Surviving him in addition to his widow, Mrs. Eva Mason 
Burns, are five sons and four daughters, as follows: Will Burns of 
Alabama, Jim and Eastman Burns of Seneca, Lum Burns of Greenville, and 
Melvin Burns of LaFrance; Mrs. Nettie Tucker of Seneca, Mrs. Lizzie 
Simmons of Earle's Grove. One brother, John Burns of Pendleton, and 
three sisters, Mrs. Frances Simmons of Blunt Springs, Ala., Mrs. Janie
Adams of Townville, and Mrs. Lucia Adams, of Cross Roads also survive.
In addition he leaves four stepchildren, Mason Sullivan of LaFrance, 
Leland Sullivan of Oakway, Mrs. Ben Atkinson of Six Mile, and Mrs. L. 
O. Gurley, of LaFrance. Funeral services will be held from the 
Townville Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. 
Rufus Mitchell conducting the services. Interment will be in the 
adjoining cemetery, with the Abbott funeral home in charge. 
(Mr. J. Y. Burns died on December 29,1938). Contributed by Mary L. 
Cawthon, cawthoni@bellsouth.net



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