ENID, Okla. — Funeral service for the Rev. Damon O. Burrows, 71,
of Enid, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Minchew
Auditorium at Southwestern Christian University, 7210 NW 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008, with Chaplin “Colonel” Jerry Jones, U.S. Army Retired
presiding.
Burial will follow in Red Hill Cemetery in Hammon, Okla. The family will
receive guests at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Minchew Auditorium.
Viewing will be available before and the service. Graveside service will
be conducted by the Rev. David A. Burrows. Military honors will be
conducted by the U.S. Navy. Service is under the direction of
Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
He was born July 2, 1941, in Elk City, Okla., to Oran Thomas and Ila
Pearl Blount Burrows and passed Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Wakita
Community Health Center.
He graduated from Southwestern Christian University with a B.A., and
later received an honorary doctorate.
He was an ordained minister with the International Pentecostal Holiness
Church for 45 years.
He served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, and also
was overseas on Midway and Kure Islands.
On Jan. 4, 1964, he married Marilyn Lucille Brown in Spring Valley,
Calif.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn of the home; two sons, Damon O.
Burrows II of Newport Beach, Calif., and David A. Burrows of Enid; and
three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in in his name to Southwestern
Christian University, with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the
funds.
Condolences may be made online to the family at Brown-Cummings.com.
(Submitted by family)
