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James Colvas Burnsed

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James Colvas Burnsed

Birth
Bulloch County, Georgia, USA
Death
5 Jan 1999 (aged 78)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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James C. Burnsed

James Colvas Burnsed, 78, died Jan. 5 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

He was a native of Bulloch County and a resident of Savannah most of his life. He retired from American Cyanamid where he was a production supervisor for many years. He was an active member of Ardsley Park Baptist Church and Bull Street Baptist Church over the years and more recently was a congregant of Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church.

He was a Master Mason for more than 50 years and a member of Acacia Lodge 452. He was a charter member and past president of the Oriental Band of the Alee Temple.

SURVIVORS: his wife, Thelma Scarborough Burnsed; a daughter and son-in-law, Drs. Adelle Burnsed-Geffen and Theodore Geffen; a sister, Mrs. Gloria Lanier of Pittsburgh; two grandsons, Zvee James and Joseph Burnsed Geffen; and several nieces and a nephew.

VISITATION: noon-1:30 p.m. today at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.

FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. today at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.

REMEMBRANCES: Morris Slotin Crippled Children's Travel Fund of Alee Temple.
Savannah News, Thursday, January 7, 1999
James C. Burnsed

James Colvas Burnsed, 78, died Jan. 5 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

He was a native of Bulloch County and a resident of Savannah most of his life. He retired from American Cyanamid where he was a production supervisor for many years. He was an active member of Ardsley Park Baptist Church and Bull Street Baptist Church over the years and more recently was a congregant of Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church.

He was a Master Mason for more than 50 years and a member of Acacia Lodge 452. He was a charter member and past president of the Oriental Band of the Alee Temple.

SURVIVORS: his wife, Thelma Scarborough Burnsed; a daughter and son-in-law, Drs. Adelle Burnsed-Geffen and Theodore Geffen; a sister, Mrs. Gloria Lanier of Pittsburgh; two grandsons, Zvee James and Joseph Burnsed Geffen; and several nieces and a nephew.

VISITATION: noon-1:30 p.m. today at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.

FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. today at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.

REMEMBRANCES: Morris Slotin Crippled Children's Travel Fund of Alee Temple.
Savannah News, Thursday, January 7, 1999


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