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viO A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORm CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3 19T7
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs
Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar Burrus 74 of 241 East Poplar Street Mount Airy died Monday morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services for the well-known Baptist minister were held at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the Rev Carrington Paulette Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery
Born in Surry County he was the son of George E and Mary Etta Simmons Burrus
He was a rural r~ - inister from 19ta to 1 d =retired from Pilot Ufe Inaunince Co after 20 yelllS of service
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs
Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar Burrus 74 of 241 East Poplar Street MOWlt Airy died (
Monday morning in Northern middot Surry Hospital
FWleral services for the well-known Baptist minister were held at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the Rev Carrington Paulette Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery
Born in Surry County he was the son of George E and Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
He was a rur~l fa~ fDinister from 1945 to 1 ~u retiamped -from Pilot Life Insurance Co after 20 years of service
At the time of his death he was associated with the American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a
member of the Knights tremplar He was a Royal Arch Mason a member of the Blue Ridge Council Oasis temple a Shriner and a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was chairman of the Surry County
sons
six
cllapter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs dith Oakley Burrus two
daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville
grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWW Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother E Vann Burrus of Little Mountain SC
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s n e p 1shy d
0
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN Germany AI - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer ~turned Sunday from a two-day VISit with President Charles de Gaulle oC France TIle statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershy
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor of Pine RidgeBaptist Chu rch
TM Rev Mr Burrus well- middot known local insurance agent is chaplain of Granite Mason ic Udge and fOlmerly headed t he annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Air y T ____ _ _ _
Mount Airy Times 9Vioun euro liBay iCt __ Mount Olive Tribune it u fre~sboro Roanoke- Chowan News Mur phy Chirok ~e Scout Nlshill~ Grahic Neyund Av er) Journdl Newton Observer amp Ne s-poundnter~r15C North Wilksbo r o Journa l PatrOit Oxford L~dger
sonal contact after Adenauers reshy Pilot Mountain News
Pittsboro Chatham R~cord r tirement next month Plymouth Roanoke Beacon I J r
Paris was the last stop for the Raeford News- J~UTnal L A Rahdgh Caro liman Q7
APR 2r 1969 )
on a tour the Vatishy
PRESIDENT - The W E Burrus of Airy has been ident of the chapter of the Foundation f or Paralysis He A B Carter of Airy who has been dent since the formed in 1934 VllItt_
eelS are James viee president Lillian Johnson treasurer
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN ~rmany fA - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer returned Sunday from a two-day visit with President Charles de Gaulle of France The statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershysonal contact after Adenauers reshytirement next month
Paris was the last stop for the
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor ofbull Pine Ridge Baptist Church
TJte Rev Mr BUllus well shyknown local insurance agent is chaplain of Grani t e Masonic Lodge and formerly headed the annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Alry~~-----shyMount Airy Times
-o(ounf HBIly iJl Mount Olive Tnbune k _Chowan News Murfreesboro Roano e Murphy Chcro~ee Scout Nashville GraphlC
d Avery Journal Newlan amp News_Enterprise New ton Observer troi t North Wilksboro Journal Pa
Oxford Ledger
Pilot Mountain News Reco-cd ~ Pittsboro Chatham rt Plymouth Roanoke Beac~ I Ion Raeford News- Journal J Rale igh Carolinian
MIll 9M$)
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
I
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
reg
viO A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORm CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3 19T7
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs
Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar Burrus 74 of 241 East Poplar Street Mount Airy died Monday morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services for the well-known Baptist minister were held at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the Rev Carrington Paulette Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery
Born in Surry County he was the son of George E and Mary Etta Simmons Burrus
He was a rural r~ - inister from 19ta to 1 d =retired from Pilot Ufe Inaunince Co after 20 yelllS of service
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs
Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar Burrus 74 of 241 East Poplar Street MOWlt Airy died (
Monday morning in Northern middot Surry Hospital
FWleral services for the well-known Baptist minister were held at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the Rev Carrington Paulette Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery
Born in Surry County he was the son of George E and Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
He was a rur~l fa~ fDinister from 1945 to 1 ~u retiamped -from Pilot Life Insurance Co after 20 years of service
At the time of his death he was associated with the American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a
member of the Knights tremplar He was a Royal Arch Mason a member of the Blue Ridge Council Oasis temple a Shriner and a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was chairman of the Surry County
sons
six
cllapter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs dith Oakley Burrus two
daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville
grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWW Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother E Vann Burrus of Little Mountain SC
( shy
s n e p 1shy d
0
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN Germany AI - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer ~turned Sunday from a two-day VISit with President Charles de Gaulle oC France TIle statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershy
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor of Pine RidgeBaptist Chu rch
TM Rev Mr Burrus well- middot known local insurance agent is chaplain of Granite Mason ic Udge and fOlmerly headed t he annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Air y T ____ _ _ _
Mount Airy Times 9Vioun euro liBay iCt __ Mount Olive Tribune it u fre~sboro Roanoke- Chowan News Mur phy Chirok ~e Scout Nlshill~ Grahic Neyund Av er) Journdl Newton Observer amp Ne s-poundnter~r15C North Wilksbo r o Journa l PatrOit Oxford L~dger
sonal contact after Adenauers reshy Pilot Mountain News
Pittsboro Chatham R~cord r tirement next month Plymouth Roanoke Beacon I J r
Paris was the last stop for the Raeford News- J~UTnal L A Rahdgh Caro liman Q7
APR 2r 1969 )
on a tour the Vatishy
PRESIDENT - The W E Burrus of Airy has been ident of the chapter of the Foundation f or Paralysis He A B Carter of Airy who has been dent since the formed in 1934 VllItt_
eelS are James viee president Lillian Johnson treasurer
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN ~rmany fA - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer returned Sunday from a two-day visit with President Charles de Gaulle of France The statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershysonal contact after Adenauers reshytirement next month
Paris was the last stop for the
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor ofbull Pine Ridge Baptist Church
TJte Rev Mr BUllus well shyknown local insurance agent is chaplain of Grani t e Masonic Lodge and formerly headed the annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Alry~~-----shyMount Airy Times
-o(ounf HBIly iJl Mount Olive Tnbune k _Chowan News Murfreesboro Roano e Murphy Chcro~ee Scout Nashville GraphlC
d Avery Journal Newlan amp News_Enterprise New ton Observer troi t North Wilksboro Journal Pa
Oxford Ledger
Pilot Mountain News Reco-cd ~ Pittsboro Chatham rt Plymouth Roanoke Beac~ I Ion Raeford News- Journal J Rale igh Carolinian
MIll 9M$)
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
I
lL
NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs
Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar Burrus 74 of 241 East Poplar Street MOWlt Airy died (
Monday morning in Northern middot Surry Hospital
FWleral services for the well-known Baptist minister were held at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the Rev Carrington Paulette Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery
Born in Surry County he was the son of George E and Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
He was a rur~l fa~ fDinister from 1945 to 1 ~u retiamped -from Pilot Life Insurance Co after 20 years of service
At the time of his death he was associated with the American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a
member of the Knights tremplar He was a Royal Arch Mason a member of the Blue Ridge Council Oasis temple a Shriner and a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was chairman of the Surry County
sons
six
cllapter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs dith Oakley Burrus two
daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville
grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWW Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother E Vann Burrus of Little Mountain SC
( shy
s n e p 1shy d
0
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN Germany AI - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer ~turned Sunday from a two-day VISit with President Charles de Gaulle oC France TIle statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershy
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor of Pine RidgeBaptist Chu rch
TM Rev Mr Burrus well- middot known local insurance agent is chaplain of Granite Mason ic Udge and fOlmerly headed t he annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Air y T ____ _ _ _
Mount Airy Times 9Vioun euro liBay iCt __ Mount Olive Tribune it u fre~sboro Roanoke- Chowan News Mur phy Chirok ~e Scout Nlshill~ Grahic Neyund Av er) Journdl Newton Observer amp Ne s-poundnter~r15C North Wilksbo r o Journa l PatrOit Oxford L~dger
sonal contact after Adenauers reshy Pilot Mountain News
Pittsboro Chatham R~cord r tirement next month Plymouth Roanoke Beacon I J r
Paris was the last stop for the Raeford News- J~UTnal L A Rahdgh Caro liman Q7
APR 2r 1969 )
on a tour the Vatishy
PRESIDENT - The W E Burrus of Airy has been ident of the chapter of the Foundation f or Paralysis He A B Carter of Airy who has been dent since the formed in 1934 VllItt_
eelS are James viee president Lillian Johnson treasurer
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN ~rmany fA - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer returned Sunday from a two-day visit with President Charles de Gaulle of France The statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershysonal contact after Adenauers reshytirement next month
Paris was the last stop for the
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor ofbull Pine Ridge Baptist Church
TJte Rev Mr BUllus well shyknown local insurance agent is chaplain of Grani t e Masonic Lodge and formerly headed the annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Alry~~-----shyMount Airy Times
-o(ounf HBIly iJl Mount Olive Tnbune k _Chowan News Murfreesboro Roano e Murphy Chcro~ee Scout Nashville GraphlC
d Avery Journal Newlan amp News_Enterprise New ton Observer troi t North Wilksboro Journal Pa
Oxford Ledger
Pilot Mountain News Reco-cd ~ Pittsboro Chatham rt Plymouth Roanoke Beac~ I Ion Raeford News- Journal J Rale igh Carolinian
MIll 9M$)
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
I
lL
NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
( shy
s n e p 1shy d
0
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN Germany AI - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer ~turned Sunday from a two-day VISit with President Charles de Gaulle oC France TIle statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershy
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor of Pine RidgeBaptist Chu rch
TM Rev Mr Burrus well- middot known local insurance agent is chaplain of Granite Mason ic Udge and fOlmerly headed t he annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Air y T ____ _ _ _
Mount Airy Times 9Vioun euro liBay iCt __ Mount Olive Tribune it u fre~sboro Roanoke- Chowan News Mur phy Chirok ~e Scout Nlshill~ Grahic Neyund Av er) Journdl Newton Observer amp Ne s-poundnter~r15C North Wilksbo r o Journa l PatrOit Oxford L~dger
sonal contact after Adenauers reshy Pilot Mountain News
Pittsboro Chatham R~cord r tirement next month Plymouth Roanoke Beacon I J r
Paris was the last stop for the Raeford News- J~UTnal L A Rahdgh Caro liman Q7
APR 2r 1969 )
on a tour the Vatishy
PRESIDENT - The W E Burrus of Airy has been ident of the chapter of the Foundation f or Paralysis He A B Carter of Airy who has been dent since the formed in 1934 VllItt_
eelS are James viee president Lillian Johnson treasurer
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN ~rmany fA - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer returned Sunday from a two-day visit with President Charles de Gaulle of France The statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershysonal contact after Adenauers reshytirement next month
Paris was the last stop for the
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor ofbull Pine Ridge Baptist Church
TJte Rev Mr BUllus well shyknown local insurance agent is chaplain of Grani t e Masonic Lodge and formerly headed the annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Alry~~-----shyMount Airy Times
-o(ounf HBIly iJl Mount Olive Tnbune k _Chowan News Murfreesboro Roano e Murphy Chcro~ee Scout Nashville GraphlC
d Avery Journal Newlan amp News_Enterprise New ton Observer troi t North Wilksboro Journal Pa
Oxford Ledger
Pilot Mountain News Reco-cd ~ Pittsboro Chatham rt Plymouth Roanoke Beac~ I Ion Raeford News- Journal J Rale igh Carolinian
MIll 9M$)
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
I
lL
NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
PRESIDENT - The W E Burrus of Airy has been ident of the chapter of the Foundation f or Paralysis He A B Carter of Airy who has been dent since the formed in 1934 VllItt_
eelS are James viee president Lillian Johnson treasurer
Adenauer Returns From French Visit
BONN ~rmany fA - Chanshycellor Konrad Adenauer returned Sunday from a two-day visit with President Charles de Gaulle of France The statesman agreed to remain in political as well as pershysonal contact after Adenauers reshytirement next month
Paris was the last stop for the
REV W E BURRUS
The Rev W E Burrus 241 East Poplar Street has accepted a call as pastor ofbull Pine Ridge Baptist Church
TJte Rev Mr BUllus well shyknown local insurance agent is chaplain of Grani t e Masonic Lodge and formerly headed the annual March of Dimes campaign in the county
Mount Alry~~-----shyMount Airy Times
-o(ounf HBIly iJl Mount Olive Tnbune k _Chowan News Murfreesboro Roano e Murphy Chcro~ee Scout Nashville GraphlC
d Avery Journal Newlan amp News_Enterprise New ton Observer troi t North Wilksboro Journal Pa
Oxford Ledger
Pilot Mountain News Reco-cd ~ Pittsboro Chatham rt Plymouth Roanoke Beac~ I Ion Raeford News- Journal J Rale igh Carolinian
MIll 9M$)
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
~I
S1ATE IiI C
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM
Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs
1 NAME Burnus Wi11iann Edgar(Last) (First) (Second)
Give full names For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMPLE Cole Mary Ann (Smith)]
2 BIRTH ---=Ru Nc _-----S =11yr4r~=-c--- __--NJC ----_- 241lL2 sk=L= C =--~___ =-cur ~ _- 4 -90 =---_ (Place) (County) (State) (Date)
DEATH ___________ _____________________
3 PARENTS __ ____~~~~~ _ ~ Bur~_ ____GE ORGE EDGAR~amp_M~ar~y~ET_~ S_~~ u~~~_______ mwl~XAMPLE Alec Joe Doaks and Lucy Mae (Brown) Doaks]MINISTER-TEACHER Hou~ewife
Fathers occupation __________ Mother s occupation __________
4 BROTHERS List full names and year of birth ________ (LivinKor deceased) Number
~ugene Vann Burrus Decemb~r 281901
Chardi e Braxt om BurIlus FJeb ruarw 6thl905 De cea-sed
5 SISTERS ( 2 ) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceasec1 Number
Irenegt Haxnington Burrus January 21th 1909
Eul1ala Vandyne BurLu6 Maw 181915
6 CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE (Please list each residence of 3 years duration Dr more up to the time of the 18th birthday)
Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R) town under 2500 pop (T) city 2500 Rusk N C Surr~Count~ Marsh TownshipMoved to RoakfordNCor more pop (C) Check one
Ro~ford Township 1903R [] T 0 CO
RIYJ T 0 CD Flat Rock MtAiry N middotC RF D 2 RoGkfordNorth C~ro1ina21044R~ T 0 CD
RO TO CD
7 EDUCATION t
Grammar school Graduate Yes ( ) No ( ) Year graduated __________
High school Graduate Yes ( Vi ) No ( ) Year graduated __l_9_2_3______ School attended BoonvLL1e High Schoo]Yadkinl Count~BDonvi11e N C 2101]
(Name) (Place) (State)
(Whether graduate or not if more than one was attended show the last one)
College Years attended None ( ) One ( ~ 2-3 ( ) Graduate ( ) Wo Whether graduated or not list college(s) attended (EXAMPLE 1935-38)
South Western Theological Seminary fJFort Worth Texas 1941 Ext (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
Life Underwriters Training SGnoGill Salem Co11ege WtS Brown - (D-eg-r-ee--)-- shy(Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended)
Graduate-level List college(s) seminary(ies) etc attended earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
amp --1 =======-=========~== ~~=~~A~~~um~~OW~==============
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DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
----- ----- ---
8 SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED (Honorary degrees such as DD Howard College 1948 citations such as Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities 1939 honorary positions such as Man of the Year-Pryor Okla 1943 etc)
9 MARIT AL INFORMATION Spouse Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of
of Spouse (Town and State) Marriage
(1) Edith Oakley 6- 16-1906 Yadkin County 6-30- 1926
(2)
Number of children ( 5) List their full names and birthdates (an example of a married daught er would be Mrs J ohn Alan (Mary Lou) Ross 3-7-1918)
Mrs_~ Garland E~ ilamp1e~MarYAnIJBUrrus) iarah Elizabeth Burrus1-27-1928
10 VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocat ions occupations trades or professions engaged in for two or more years) Salesman T_Qba cClQ) Insurance Life Un e r wri ting
and A amp IH Undemwri ting Staff Manager Distriltitt Manager
11 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Convertm_7Tlt~__l2------_ Baptism --1--9=1=-4--- Rockford BaptistRocrkford NC27044 (Date) (Age) (Date) (Church) (Location of Church)
List any c~lUrch other than B aptist with which formerly affiliated Ordained as Minister ( Vi ) Deacon ( ) Other ________ ___ _ ____
7-20-1 945 Haymore Memorial Mt Airy N C ~ -r(D-Iate -orara-m=ean )- (Church) (Place) -----(St--at--e)----- shy
12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service in the space provided for each office ever held)
Gen Supt Director President
Dept Supt Director Circle Chm
Teacher Counselor Sponsor
List below other offices or service such as Sec
Other Offices
(give number of years service) Leader Assoc Supt etc
Deacon - Ch Treas -
0 0 1 7 T rustee
3 Ass C1er Usher -
--Ch Library -
Ch Recreation __ SS ~
Ch Clerk - Choir Mem -
T U 1 Other - Choir Direc
Ch Committee Chm -
VBS 3 List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organiza tions such as S S TU etc)
Broth 3
WMU 17
13 DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE UNSALARIED (Please list positions held in Baptis t associations conventions (state or Southern) national and world-wide organizations such as moderator president clerk t rustee board commission or committee members et c) Example SS Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky 1942-1944
(P osition) (Organization board agency etc) (State) (Date)
Surry Bapt ist Assocriatioru ll G
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
14 TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN SALshyARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS (Including pastors denominational workshyers missionaries ministers of education and music church secretaries faculty members or employees of Bapt ist institutions agencies etc ) TYP E AND LENGTH OF SERVICE List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration check F (full-time) or P (part -time) Examples
(Position) (Church agency area ins titution place of service) (Date of service)
FO P [] 1 pastor County Line Baptist Church Turkey Creek La 1925-1929 ------~---
F [R] P 0 2 mIssIOnary ___ o =h 2N TImiddota Af= ___ 1930-1952Oltgzb m=c0s 0 sigze 2 _W ricashy
194446FO P 1il_L ak--lGrJo-vue-----Bgtltalplusmnpgt jsgttl~eJJhuur~cchI1~(iJ~aaaiiIoriXU-Jmiddot middot iiilshyP-las-t-uollr+_----gtO l J l rl1gT1IJmiddotnwJIJ
FO P lJ ______BanruEttoWlU Bapt i st ChurchRtl Mt Airy N C 1956- 47- 48
FO P D___ ____ Wil1iSl Ga1 Baptist Churcdi Rt 2 AraratVirginia 1947 5Jl
FO P ~____ _ __ Copeland Bapti s t Churctfu Rt2 Dobs on N C ~949 50
FO P lill __---middot___~Fjrst Bapt ist Churcli Dobson N C 1 950 52 FO P Il II EastSide Baptist Mission First) MtAiry N C 1958- 62
15 OTHER TYPES OF R ELIGIOUS SERVICE (In associations assemblies colleges eonshyventions (state or Southern) national or world -wide meetings such as speaker music director committee chairman etc)
(Position) (Place of Service) (Date of Service)
16 AUTHORSHIP (Include books booklet s lesson courses or curriculum m aterial and t racts ) (Book item etc) (Publisher ) (Date pUblished)
17 CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP (Service organizations fraternal PTA Civic etc) List important positions of leadership held
Qhap~n~ Granite Lodge Mt Airy N C
York Rite BodiesSllrry Sh rine C]ub I nc ( Oas i s Temple)
18 HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS
__ =- e -=F=lowc=e=rc=s_ ____ _____Favorite _ G=ardn- _ Others F-ar~min~ggt_--------_
19 PUBLIC SERVICE (Military educational political etc not previously listed ) ___
The information for items 1 -19 has been filled in by Mailing address MtAiryN C 27030
Sources used in compiling the information are (Example personal knowledge minutes Calshyvary Baptist Church Wisner La Court Records Copiah County Miss etc)
Minutes Surry Bcmtist Assoaiatiowo
20 DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet careshyfully and sample biographies before proceeding)
Name of person writing the above characterization _ ______
POAddress ___________ ___________________________
Return to
Name
POAddress _______ _____~-----------------------~-----
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
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A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
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NAME Burris W E
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SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
A Home Newspaper For Greater Mount Airy and Surry County
MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA middot THURSDAY MARCH 3
Rev Burrus 74 Succumbs Here Monday
The Rev William Edgar BWTUS 74 of 241 East poplar Street Mount Airy died Mon~Y morning in Northern Surry Hospital
Funeral services f~r the well-known Baptist mm15~r were held at2 pm Tuesday m the chapel of Moody Funeral Home here conducted by the Rev Roger Tucker and the R Carrington Paulette B~ial was in Oakdale
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
sons
Horn In urry ourny rae was the son of George E and
He Mary Etta Sinunons Burrus
was a rurl Qa(ltil ilter from 1945 to 198tddl MiRMamp fJ8ID PiIoamp Life ~eCo after20 yeas Gl service
At the time of his death he associated with thewas
bull
American Family Life Insurance Co
The Rev Mr Burrus was a member of Granite Lodge 322
F and AM was a York ite Mason and was a ember of the Knights
emplar He was a Royal rch Mason a member of the lue Ridge Council Oasis empie a Shriner and a past
worthy patron of the Eastern Star
For over 10 years he was bull hainnan of the Surry County
pter March of Dimes Suriving are his wife Mrs bull
th Oakley Burrus two daughters Miss Sarah Burrus of the home and Mrs Garland Wampler of Burnsville three
Allen Burrus of Charlottesville Va Thomas
K Burrus of Hialeah Fla and Layne Burrus of Winterville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bill VanDyne of East Bend and MrsWf Harrington of Taylorsville and one brother EVann Burrus of Uttle Mountain
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NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
NAME Burris W E
DATA Ordination
SOURCE Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Records Volume 3 Item 3 Ree~ 1 CRmf 644
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