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Maureen BURTON

Marianna Memorial Park (Marianna) Cemetery
Lee County,
Arkansas

April 24, 1930 - August 20, 2008

Maureen Inniss Burton of North Little Rock passed away August 20, 2008 at the age of 78.
Born in Croydon, England on April 24, 1930 to parents William Percy and Mary Ellen Inniss, Maureen survived the 1940 and 1944 German aerial bombing raids during WWII. She was also evacuated twice from the London area during this time. Maureen's parents and sister, Barbara Weare have pre-deceased her.

Maureen worked for the Bank of England for 12 years. She met her future husband, Msgt Loyd Burton, USAF, ret., at the wedding of her best friend getting married to his best friend. That was the beginning of a love story that would span several countries, two daughters born in Spain, a son born in Idaho and 53 years of marriage.

Her jobs included being the secretary to the Ft. Worth Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and secretary in the Navigations Department of the Little Rock Army Corps of Engineers. She was active with the Family Support Services in various militaries bases. She was a volunteer librarian for Robins Elementary (GA) and Pike View Elementary (NLR). Maureen's hobbies were many: reading, knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting (member of Arkansas' Quilting Guild), traveling the world and enjoying her backyard gardening. She was a member of the British Wives' Club for several years.

Maureen will be greatly missed by her beloved husband, Loyd, her children Elizabeth (Mike) McCarthy of Kathleen GA; Katherine (Butch) Hale of Sherwood, AR; Christopher (Barbara) Burton of Highland Village, TX; grandchildren Robert McCarthy II of San Antonio, TX; Jenna Hale of Sherwood; Anna McCarthy of Athens, GA; and Hannah Hale of Sherwood.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23 graveside at Marianna Memorial Park in Marianna, AR.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice Inc. at: 5600 W. 12th St. Little Rock, AR 72204.

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Contributed on 11/5/10 by pam_don202
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Submitted: 11/5/10 • Approved: 10/23/17 • Last Updated: 10/26/17 • R404745-G404745-S3

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