Biography:

Educator; state representative. Born– September 3, 1887, Delmar, Winston County. Parents– William Riley and Rebecca (Lovett) Burns. Married– Nelsie Victoria Thomas, July 8, 1909. Children– Three. Education– West Alabama Agricultural School at Hamilton and G. R. C. College at Henderson, Tenn., graduating in 1904. Taught in the rural schools for ten years; then served as superintendent of education for Winston County, 1913-1917. Served as a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1918-22.  Died March 27, 1967.

Source:

Owen’s History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

History of the Clear Creek Baptist Association, 1874-1957. Haleyville, Ala.?; Burns, 1958?