More detail on this person: David Randall
Burns, 54, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Dec. 12,
2002.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Paul
United Methodist Church with the Rev. John
McClean officiating. Graveside services will be at
3:30 p.m. in Hobart Rose Cemetery of Hobart,
Okla., by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400
Bell St.
Mr. Burns was born in Bellville, Ill., on Oct. 3,
1948. He married Sherrie Altmiller on May 30,
1969, in Amarillo. He received a bachelor's degree
in speech from West Texas State University in
1973.
He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He
was an air traffic controller at Amarillo
International Airport for 10 years and had been
transferred to the Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma
City for the past two years.
He had just recently retired and moved back to
Amarillo. He was a Mason, member of the Palo
Duro Lodge No. 731, member of St. Paul United
Methodist Church and a member of the Golden
Spread Barbershop Chorus.
He loved his family, friends and community.
Amarillo was always home and his Tascosa Rebel
pride permeated even to his two Sandie children.
His big heart and smile will always be remembered.
His loving touch, sound advice and joyful spirit
were not only a comfort to all, but an inspiration
as well. He left no heart or mind he encountered
untouched. For that, we will always be grateful.
Survivors include his wife, Sherrie; a daughter,
Amy Burns of Odessa; a son, Kevin Burns of Bryan
College Station; his parents, D.B. and Kay Burns
of Hobart, Okla.; a brother, Patrick Burns of
Hurst; and two sisters, Melinda Bellack of Hobart
and Mary Gerred of Tulsa, Okla.
The family suggests memorials be to St. Paul
United Methodist Church, 4317 W. Interstate 40,
Amarillo, TX 79106; or to Palo Duro Lodge No. 731,
1510 W. 10th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 15, 2002
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