The following was taken from a booklet prepared by the people of the Anniston First United Methodist church.
I shall never forget his (Rev Burns) first Sunday with us. Arriving at the church before time for Sunday School, I saw a man coming across the lawn from the parsonage to the church. He was carrying his wife in his arms. He told me that he was the new preacher, and he introduced me to his lovely wife, Clara. (I later learned that she belonged to one of Birmingham's most respected families, and that her maiden name was Clara Gockel) Some years following their marriage she ceased to be ambulatory, and would never walk again! I managed to arrive early, so that I might see him walking across the lawn with his lady in his arms! I used to think, as a little boy, "He must be very sad, deep down inside." But he managed to hide his hurt from the world.
To their marriage union a son was born. Dr. Francis Burns is a physician and surgeon in Hannibal, Missouri.
Omar's beloved Clara died on April 17, 1935.
..Written by Edwin Kimbrough
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Mrs. Clara Edith Gockel Burns, age 52, wife of Rev. O. R. Burns, former pastor of Lester Memorial church of this city, died last Thursday at her home at Northport following an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Burns was born in Kentucky but later moved to Birmingham where she was reared. during her residence here she made many friends who loved her and who deeply admired the gentle and refined personality that she possessed.
The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Francis Ramsay Burns, and four sisters, Mrs. Wm. R. Watts, Mrs. Steele G. Hawkins, Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussem, all of Birmingham and Mrs. James J. Drakeford, of Omaha, Neb.
Funeral services were held at the Northport Methodist Church, Friday morning and were conducted by Dr. A.M. Freeman, of Norwood, assisted by D. G. Davenport, presiding elder, of Tuscaloosa District.
Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Mathis-Jones Funeral Home in charge.
...Southern Democrat, Oneonta, AL
I shall never forget his (Rev Burns) first Sunday with us. Arriving at the church before time for Sunday School, I saw a man coming across the lawn from the parsonage to the church. He was carrying his wife in his arms. He told me that he was the new preacher, and he introduced me to his lovely wife, Clara. (I later learned that she belonged to one of Birmingham's most respected families, and that her maiden name was Clara Gockel) Some years following their marriage she ceased to be ambulatory, and would never walk again! I managed to arrive early, so that I might see him walking across the lawn with his lady in his arms! I used to think, as a little boy, "He must be very sad, deep down inside." But he managed to hide his hurt from the world.
To their marriage union a son was born. Dr. Francis Burns is a physician and surgeon in Hannibal, Missouri.
Omar's beloved Clara died on April 17, 1935.
..Written by Edwin Kimbrough
..................................................
Mrs. Clara Edith Gockel Burns, age 52, wife of Rev. O. R. Burns, former pastor of Lester Memorial church of this city, died last Thursday at her home at Northport following an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Burns was born in Kentucky but later moved to Birmingham where she was reared. during her residence here she made many friends who loved her and who deeply admired the gentle and refined personality that she possessed.
The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Francis Ramsay Burns, and four sisters, Mrs. Wm. R. Watts, Mrs. Steele G. Hawkins, Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussem, all of Birmingham and Mrs. James J. Drakeford, of Omaha, Neb.
Funeral services were held at the Northport Methodist Church, Friday morning and were conducted by Dr. A.M. Freeman, of Norwood, assisted by D. G. Davenport, presiding elder, of Tuscaloosa District.
Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Mathis-Jones Funeral Home in charge.
...Southern Democrat, Oneonta, AL
The following was taken from a booklet prepared by the people of the Anniston First United Methodist church.
I shall never forget his (Rev Burns) first Sunday with us. Arriving at the church before time for Sunday School, I saw a man coming across the lawn from the parsonage to the church. He was carrying his wife in his arms. He told me that he was the new preacher, and he introduced me to his lovely wife, Clara. (I later learned that she belonged to one of Birmingham's most respected families, and that her maiden name was Clara Gockel) Some years following their marriage she ceased to be ambulatory, and would never walk again! I managed to arrive early, so that I might see him walking across the lawn with his lady in his arms! I used to think, as a little boy, "He must be very sad, deep down inside." But he managed to hide his hurt from the world.
To their marriage union a son was born. Dr. Francis Burns is a physician and surgeon in Hannibal, Missouri.
Omar's beloved Clara died on April 17, 1935.
..Written by Edwin Kimbrough
..................................................
Mrs. Clara Edith Gockel Burns, age 52, wife of Rev. O. R. Burns, former pastor of Lester Memorial church of this city, died last Thursday at her home at Northport following an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Burns was born in Kentucky but later moved to Birmingham where she was reared. during her residence here she made many friends who loved her and who deeply admired the gentle and refined personality that she possessed.
The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Francis Ramsay Burns, and four sisters, Mrs. Wm. R. Watts, Mrs. Steele G. Hawkins, Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussem, all of Birmingham and Mrs. James J. Drakeford, of Omaha, Neb.
Funeral services were held at the Northport Methodist Church, Friday morning and were conducted by Dr. A.M. Freeman, of Norwood, assisted by D. G. Davenport, presiding elder, of Tuscaloosa District.
Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Mathis-Jones Funeral Home in charge.
...Southern Democrat, Oneonta, AL
I shall never forget his (Rev Burns) first Sunday with us. Arriving at the church before time for Sunday School, I saw a man coming across the lawn from the parsonage to the church. He was carrying his wife in his arms. He told me that he was the new preacher, and he introduced me to his lovely wife, Clara. (I later learned that she belonged to one of Birmingham's most respected families, and that her maiden name was Clara Gockel) Some years following their marriage she ceased to be ambulatory, and would never walk again! I managed to arrive early, so that I might see him walking across the lawn with his lady in his arms! I used to think, as a little boy, "He must be very sad, deep down inside." But he managed to hide his hurt from the world.
To their marriage union a son was born. Dr. Francis Burns is a physician and surgeon in Hannibal, Missouri.
Omar's beloved Clara died on April 17, 1935.
..Written by Edwin Kimbrough
..................................................
Mrs. Clara Edith Gockel Burns, age 52, wife of Rev. O. R. Burns, former pastor of Lester Memorial church of this city, died last Thursday at her home at Northport following an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Burns was born in Kentucky but later moved to Birmingham where she was reared. during her residence here she made many friends who loved her and who deeply admired the gentle and refined personality that she possessed.
The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Francis Ramsay Burns, and four sisters, Mrs. Wm. R. Watts, Mrs. Steele G. Hawkins, Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussem, all of Birmingham and Mrs. James J. Drakeford, of Omaha, Neb.
Funeral services were held at the Northport Methodist Church, Friday morning and were conducted by Dr. A.M. Freeman, of Norwood, assisted by D. G. Davenport, presiding elder, of Tuscaloosa District.
Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Mathis-Jones Funeral Home in charge.
...Southern Democrat, Oneonta, AL
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