JOHN KEITH BURKE
1946-1952
  
Services Held Sunday
For John Keith Burke
  
Services were held at the First Christian Church at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 23, for John Keith Burke, 5-year-old son of John and
Edith Scott Burke, who died at a local hospital at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 20, after a brief illness.
  
Born in Pike County October 27, 1946, he had been a resident of
Paintsville most of his life.
  
Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters; Anita Gail and
Donna Lou Burke.
 
Officiating at the services were Rev. Joseph Zadavsky and S. J.
Honeycutt.
  
The Paintsville Quartet sang hymns. Burial was in the Van Lear
Junction family cemetery under the direction of the Paintsville
Funeral Home.
  
Paintsville Herald
March 27, 1952
  
  
John Burke
  
John Keith Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burke was born October
28, 1946, at Hardy, Ky., in Pike county; He was the first born of
three children in the family.
  
John Keith has always been an invalid having suffered from an
affliction  since birth. In spite of this handicap of ill health,
the little lad developed a keen mind, being able to commit many
things to memory.
  
He also seemed to be endowed with a musical talent far beyond his
years.
  
He always desired to hear the Paintsville Quartet, and loved
music, especially of a religious nature.
  
John Keith passed from life into death on March 20, 1952 at 1;00
p.m. at the Paintsville Hospital.
  
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Anita Gail and Donna
Lou.
  
Paintsville Herald
May 3, 1952     

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