MARION BURCHETT
1900-1952
Marion Burchett, 51, well-known resident of Johnson County, died at
2:25 a.m., Wednesday at a local hospital following an illness of two
years.
Born December 30, 1900, in Johnson County, he was the son of the late
Andrew and Lydia Cain Burchett, of this city.
He was married February 19, 1924 to Pearl Stambaugh. To this union
were born two daughters, Mrs. Louise Adamaitis, Dayton, Ohio, and
Marilyn Joyce Burchett, at home.
A life-long resident of Johnson County, Mr. Burchett resided for
several years at Lowmansville. He was a resident of Nippa at the time
of his death.
Other survivors besides his mother, wife, and two daughters are two
sisters, Mrs. Sola Crum, Stambaugh, Mrs. Beatrice Keyser, Huntington,
W. Va. and one brother, Tom Burchett of Huntington.
Mr. Burchett returned recently from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he
received the radio active isotope treatment.
A miner by occupation, he was a member of United Mine Workers local
No. 8290.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the Cedar Grove
Baptist Church at Stambaugh with the Revs. Foster Rigsby, and O. I.
Williams officiating.
Burial will be in the family cemetery at Stambaugh under the
direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
07-31-1952
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