LLOYD F. BURNS

Funeral for Lloyd F. Burns, 83, of Wells, was at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Falvey United Methodist Church. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Burns died Saturday. He was born March 5, 1924, in Wells to Marion and Aver Ellerbee Burns. He had lived in Wells for 25 years. He retired from the U.S. Army and Air Force. He served in World War II as a medic, receiving a Bronze Star for valor in action.

He later worked as an office manager at Texas Employment Commission in the Houston- Conroe area for 22 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Falvey United Methodist Church.

Preceding him in death were his wife, Reatha Trelba Sessions Burns and a brother, Hoy Burns.

Survivors are three sons, Jeffrey L. Burns of Conroe, Phillip H. Burns of Montgomery and Perry A. Burns of Magnolia; two sisters, Maverion McGill of Bellville and Hazel Jean Courson of Fredricksburg; four grandchildren, Christopher, Leanne, Logan and Ryan Burns.