OBITUARY
Mr. Willie James Burton, Jr. entered eternal rest on March 23, 2024, at the Medical College of Georgia. He was born in Jenkins County on June 25, 1939, to the late Willie James Burton, Sr. and the late Gertrude Walker Burton.
Willie attended the Jenkins County Training Center during his school years. He was employed with the city of Gainsville for twenty-two years before retiring in 2005.
He was preceded in death by his parents, maternal & paternal grandparents, and a sister, Sarah L. Jones.
He survivors include five daughters, Gwendolyn Newton, Gertrude Burton, Millen, GA, Tredena Burton, Augusta, GA, Tiffany Turner and Felicia Turner, Athens, GA, and one son, Willie James (Susanne) Burton, III, New Zealand; three sisters, Lula Mae Burton, Millen, GA, Rosemary Polk, Metter, GA and Patricia Williams, Gainesville, GA; two brothers, Willie Burton, Greenville, SC, Robert Lee (Lisa) Burton, Gainesville, GA, and a special aunt, Catherine Gildons, Augusta, GA; eight grandchildren, Artis (Mary Newton, Sylvania, GA Landers Duke, Kentucky, Tennesse, David Burton, Statesboro, GA, Tangila (Tracy) Pinkard, Hephzibah, GA Alonzo Burton, New Zealand, ShaNetria Gray and ShaNiya Gray, Augusta, GA, and a devoted friend, Erlin (Patricia) Clark, Augusta, G and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.