February 25, 2001

HAROLD BURTON

DEXTER, Mo. -- Harold Lynn Burton, 72, of Dexter died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Three Rivers Health Care North in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born July 27, 1928, in Arkansas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Burton. He was a retired warehouse manager and lived in the Piedmont, Mo., and St. Louis areas before moving to Dexter two years ago...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Harold Lynn Burton, 72, of Dexter died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Three Rivers Health Care North in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

He was born July 27, 1928, in Arkansas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Burton.

He was a retired warehouse manager and lived in the Piedmont, Mo., and St. Louis areas before moving to Dexter two years ago.

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Surviving are his wife, Mary Lee Burton of Dexter; a son, Richard Burton of Cameron, Mo.; a daughter, Mary Ellen Allen of Dexter; a brother, Pierce Burton of Dexter; two sisters, Pauline Pixley of Delta, Mo., and Jewell Cox of Paducah, Ky.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at the funeral chapel. The Rev. Gary Teel will officiate. Burial will be in Hagey Cemetery in Dexter.

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