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Submitted: 6/21/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R1437568-G0-S3
TECHNICAL FIFTH CLASS US Army
World War II
November 23, 1911 - January 6, 1986
*Obituary
John V. Burrough, 65, of 203 Asure Hills, Van Buren, Arkansas, died Monday, January 6, 1986 in a Fort Smith, Arkansas hospital.
He was a former Crawford County circuit clerk and tresurer and a former Alma, Arkansas mayor. He waqs a past master of Van Buren Masonic Lodge 6, a member of Scottish Rite Bodies of Fort Smith and had been invested as a knoght commander of athe Court of Honor. He was a former executive vice president of Commercial Bank of Alma, Citizens Bank and Trust of Van Buren and City National Bank of Fort Smith. he was a Second World War Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred; two sons, John M. of Temple, Texas and David L. of Little Rock; two sisters, Velma of Van Buren and Katheryn Dean of Fort Smith; two brothers, Rudolph of Fort Smith and a twin brother V. F.. (Bill) both now deceased of Van Buren, and four grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Van Buren Building Fund.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 6/21/22 by Billsully060
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