JR., Walter Whitson Snuffy BURTON

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Walter Whitson "Snuffy" Burton, Jr., age 84, was born September 13, 1924 and died December 10, 2008 at River Park Hospital following a two-year illness. A retired employee of General Telephone and member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he was the son of the late Walter Whitson and Hazel Jacobs Burton, Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Landon Tom Burton and sister, Gloria Ann Burton. He was a member of the McMinnville Lions Club for twenty-six years and an American Red Cross Volunteer. He is the only Warren County resident to have donated twenty-five gallons of blood. He was married August 14, 1948 to Laura Louise Maggart Burton of McMinnville. In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Shannon Burton and Fred Byrd of McMinnville; son, Scott Burton of Dallas, TX; grandsons, Lance and Logan Byrd of McMinnville; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack Burton, Michael and Judy Burton and Terry and Ann Burton all of Silver Point, TN and Bill and Micki Burton of Lavergne, TN; two sisters and brother-in-law, Jean Kelly of Nashville, TN and Keeble and Jack Helm of Silver Point, TN and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Gary Whitworth, Harry Green, Buddy Pope and Lanny Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the Mt. View Cemetery.