Jim R. Burton

20, 2011 at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility.

Mr. Burton was a machine operator at Cummins Engine Company for 25

years. He was a founding member of Sandcreek Township Conservation

Club. He loved fishing and attending flea markets and auctions with

his best buddy, Isaac Hamner.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Myers-Reed Chapel on 25th

Street with Pastor Lewis Burton officiating. Calling will be from 4

to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until service time Friday. Burial

will be at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of South Central Indiana.

Born Sept. 2, 1941 in Columbus, Mr. Burton was the son of Hass Ed and

Goldie L. Heitz Burton. He married Viola “Boots” Crosby.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Jackie Hamner of Elizabethtown

and Christina (Chris) Fitch of Edinburgh; sons, Jim Burton, Jr. of

Scipio, Kevin Burton of North Vernon, Don Burton of Elizabethtown and

Doug (Robin) Hamner of Scipio; sisters, Shasta (Larry) Smiley of

Flatrock, Kathy (Kevin) Stubblefield of Edinburgh, Tammy (Gary) Evans

of Speedwell, TN and Janey Haddock of Franklin, TN; brothers, Tommy

Burton of Silver Street SC and William T. (Christine) Burton of

Columbus; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Candy Hulk.