Ron Burns

Ron Burns, 71, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Milton Harrison officiating, and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at West Bainbridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Liberty Baptist Church, 2909 Vada Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817. Mr. Burns was born February 21, 1940 in Wellston OH. He was a graduate of Wellston High School and a veteran in the United States Army. Mr. Burns was a corrections officer in Decatur County, retiring after many years of service and also worked for Revco, CVS Pharmacy, Southwest Georgia Oil Company, and Stones, Inc. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and Gideons of Bainbridge. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Darla Burns of Bainbridge, GA; his daughters, Debbie Burns of London, OH and Brenda Davis and her husband, Brandon, of Bainbridge, GA; his son, Robert Burns and his wife, Brenda, of Meigs, GA; his sister, Carolyn Kinkead of Bullhead City, AZ; his 13 grandchildren; and his 4 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Nathaniel Eugene Burns and his mother, Edith Margaret Baker Burns Campbell.