Services for Eugene
Burns were at 10 a.m.
Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Davis United Methodist Church with the
Rev. D. Wayne Loftin officiating. Interment was at Green Hill
Cemetery under the direction of Krien Funeral Home.
Eugene was born on Aug. 6, 1921, in Texhoma, Okla., Texas County, to Harlan and Lena
Green Burns and passed away on
June 5, 2006, in Sulphur, Okla., at the age of 84.
He was one of eight children and attended school at
Greenfield, Okla. After high school, he joined the U.S. Army as a
member of the well known 10th Mountain Division. He married Ruby
Wheeler on Dec. 21, 1946, at Olivet Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
They moved to Davis in 1951. He was a ranch foreman, then Gene owned
Burns Oil Company, retiring
from the oil field.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter, Linda
Readnour and husband, Gary, Pauls Valley; three sisters, his twin,
Imogene Johnson, Pinehurst, N.C., Winefred Jones, Skiatook, and Norma
Kruta, Yukon; a brother, Joe Burns
, Bethany; four grandchildren, Chad
Burns , Liberal, Kan., Kevin
Eugene Readnour and wife, Lauren, and Keith Readnour and wife,
Nikki, Pauls Valley, and Kyle Readnour and fiance, Melanie Reser,
Oklahoma City; six great-grandchildren, Malia, Graham, Garrett and
Kendall Readnour, all of Pauls Valley, and Connor and Cennedee
Burns , Liberal, Kan.; many loved
and loving nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Randolph
Eugene "Randy"
Burns ; his
parents; two brothers, Warren and Dan
Burns ; and a sister,
Alice Dunlap.
Pallbearers were Kip Coburn, Chris Coburn, John Coburn, Paul
Burns , Mark
Burns and Mike Kruta.