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James Michael Burns
A private ceremony for James Michael Burns, 56, Mabank, will be held Sunday
Jan. 28, 2007, at
Elm
Grove
Cemetery
in Mabank.
Burns was born Dec. 16, 1950, in
Dallas
to Roland and Fairse Jeter Burns and died Jan. 15, 2007, in
Kaufman
Presbyterian
Hospital
.
He was preceded in death by his mother, grandparents Crofford and Minnie Jeter
and Elmer and Tommie Burns.
He had been in declining health for several years due to Agent Orange exposure
in
Vietnam
.
He attended schools in
Dallas
and graduated from
Sunset
High School
.
After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and completed a tour of duty on the
USS Ranger, serving in
Vietnam
from 1971-73.
He attained the rank of Airman E3, and was honored with the National Defense
Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and a Naval Unit Commendation.
He called Mabank his home and retired from the Texas Department of
Transportation, working in Kaufman and
Athens
.
He loved the outdoors and had gone on several hunting trips to
Colorado
. He hunted birds in different areas of
Texas
.
He married Diane Pearson in 1977 and loved the farm where they resided. It had
originally belonged to his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Crofford Jeter.
He remembered many picnics, sleepovers and holidays from his childhood and
shared them with his grandchildren.
He was of the Baptist faith and proud of having his name displayed on the
Vietnam
Monument
in the
Kaufman
County
Veterans
Memorial Park
in Kaufman.
Survivors include his wife Diane, Mabank; son Greg Pearson and wife Kristin;
grandchildren Kendall, Brock and Cade Pearson, all of Kaufman; father Roland
Burns and his wife Sue, Mabank; brother Jerry Burns and his wife Beverly,
Melbourne, Fla.; niece Benay Burns, Winter Park, Fla.; sister-in-laws Margaret
Oliver, Mabank; Janice Snyder and her husband Donnie, Kemp; and Robyn
Robertson, Trinidad; uncles, aunts and numerous cousins.
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