More detail on this person: Lt. Col., Ret.,
U.S.M.C. William John Burrows, age 72, passed
away Wednesday October 7, 2009 at his residence
in Dumfries, Virginia.
Mr. Burrows was born September 25, 1937 in Battle
Creek, Michigan and was the son of Lester and
Margaret (Long) Burrows.
William was honorably discharged as a Lt. Col. in
the U.S. Marine Corps following a career as a
Helicopter and C130 Pilot. He was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Woodbridge and a member
of the choir. He was also a member of the Valle
del Oro choir in Mesa, Arizona and a member of the
Ira A. Beck Masonic Lodge # 503 in Battle Creek,
Michigan.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Ruth
Burrows; two sons, Thomas Burrows and his wife
Carolyn of Stafford, Virginia and Timothy Burrows
and his wife Amber of Gainesville, Virginia; one
daughter, Tamera Carter Burrows of Dumfries,
Virginia; three brothers, John Burrows and his
wife Jan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, James Burrows
of Battle Creek, Michigan and Mark Burrows and
his wife Denise, of Battle Creek, Michigan. He is
also survived by four grandchildren, Tiffany
Prince, Brittany Prince, Meghan Burrows and Ryan
Burrows.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6
to 8 p.m. Monday October 12, 2009 at the
Mountcastle Life Celebration Funeral Home in Dale
City, Virginia. Funeral services will be held at
1:00 PM Tuesday October 13, 2009 at the Quantico
Marine Base Chapel. The interment will follow at
Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle,
Virginia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Marine
Corps Museum, 3800 Fettler Park Drive, Suite 104,
Dumfries, Virginia 22025 or the First Baptist
Church of Woodbridge, 13600 Minnieville Road,
Woodbridge, Virginia 22193 or to the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Avenue,
5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851. Arrangements by
Mountcastle Funeral Home.
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