Samuel Newton Burns, Sr., 83, husband of Frances (Dull) Burns of 3030 Parkersburg Turnpike, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Mr. Burns was born May 13, 1927 in Highland County, a son of the late Stephen Kenneth Burns, Sr. and Martha Virginia (Raines) Burns.
Samuel retired from Shenandoahs Pride after 47 years of service and previously worked for Augusta Dairy. Mr. Burns was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the Buffalo Gap Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder and Assistant Sunday School teacher and was a charter member of the Buffalo Gap Ruritan Club. He had a love for history and the civil war and enjoyed re-enacting of that period with the Staunton Artillery Company. He loved the outdoors and meeting people. Sam loved music and enjoyed singing with the Ever Young Singers.
Left behind to cherish his memories is his wife, to whom he married on August 14, 1948; a son and daughter-in-law, Samuel Newton Burns, Jr. and his wife Donna F. of Staunton; two brothers and sister-in-law, Stephen K. Burns, Jr. and his friend, Isabelle Robertson and Lewis P. Burns and his wife Erma S. all of Swoope; a sister and brother-in-law, Sandra Kaye McDaniels and her husband Robert of Swoope; a granddaughter Fera S. Burns Morrison and her husband, Christopher; a great-granddaughter, Avery Nicole Morrison; special friends Carl and Mae Frank and William and Debbie Hinkle; and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.
A funeral service will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 19, 2010 in the Coffman Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Karen R. Taylor.
Burial will follow in Thornrose Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 2010 in the funeral home and other times at the residence of his son and daughter-in-law, Samuel N. Jr. and Donna F. Burns, 711 Carann Street, Staunton.
Active pallbearers will be Roscoe Miller, Harold Tyree, Jim Chestnut, David Shifflett, Chuck Carter, Phil Worsham, Rod Clark, and Bob Campbell.
Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Buffalo Gap Presbyterian Church and the Buffalo Gap Ruritan Club.
It is suggested those desiring make memorial contributions to the Buffalo Gap Presbyterian Church c/o Shirley Frank, 200 Little Calf Pasture Highway, Swoope, VA 24479.