Burial is in Sallisaw City Cemetery, under the direction of Agent Funeral Home of Sallisaw.
He was born on Dec. 8, 1948, in Sallisaw, to Harrell Owen Burns and Mary Mildred (Shepherd) Burns. He died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, in Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. Burns was a 1967 graduate of Sallisaw High School and a retired house and mobile home mover and of the Assembly of God faith.
He married Lahoma Marie Grisham on Nov. 20, 1970, in Sallisaw.
Survivors include his wife, Lahoma Burns of the home; three daughters, Mary Rachelle Burns, Melissa Carole Burns and Danielle Marie Burns, all of Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren, Malisia, Makalia D., Matthew and Serenity Burns and Terrell Braxton; two sisters, Lisa Ann Rudick of Phoenix and Rhonda Burchardt of Guthrie; three nephews, Bill Haggard and his wife Toni of Emporia, Kan., Ryan and Zach Rudick both of Phoenix; one niece, Heather Burchardt of Guthrie; and several cousins and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Milton Burns, one sister, Carole Haggard; and his parents.
Pallbearers are Eddie Stites, Kenneth Williams, Bill Sizemore, Floyd Crabtree, Randy Jones and David Gean.
Honorary pallbearers are Richard Ledford, Larry Crawford, Freddie Reynolds, Boyd Toney, Bob Rape and James Stephens.
