Dorothy McDaniel Burton

Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” McDaniel Burton, 89 of Salisbury past away Monday, November 23, 2009 at the Autumn Care of Salisbury. Born May 20, 1920 in Rowan County she was the daughter of the late Jessie Clyde McDaniel and Emma Hood McDaniel. She was educated in the Salisbury City schools and a 1937 graduate of Boyden High School. She was an officer manager and bookkeeper for Burton Furniture in Spencer for a number of years. An active member of First Baptist Church she was a member of the Dorcus Sunday School class and taught in the Youth Sunday School Dept for many years. She and her husband Floyd established the Floyd Burton Family Scholarship at the Baptist Children’s Home of NC in 1980 and the Floyd and Dot Burton Scholarship at Catawba College in 1999. Jointly, she and her husband have given over 100 educational scholarships to deserving Salisbury-Rowan students. Dot was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter 117 and was Worthy Matron in 1960. She also was a member of the American Legion Post 342 Harold B. Jarrett Post Auxillary and a former member of the Corbin Hills Women’s Golf Club. Left to cherish her member is her devoted husband of 70 years, Floyd M. Burton and loving daughters Delores Morris and husband Johnny of Spencer and Barbara “Bo” Monroe of Cornelius, N.C. Also surviving are beloved grandchildren Shannon Drew Morris and Roger Burton “Bubba” Morris of Salisbury and also a sister D’Ette Mize and husband Henry of Salisbury. Many nieces and nephews survive her. The family will see friends tonight from 6-8 PM at Summersett Funeral Home with funeral services Wednesday at 11:00 AM held at Omwake-Dearborn Chapel at Catawba College with Dr. Kenneth Lance officiating. Burial will follow at Rowan Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Salisbury, 223 North Fulton St., Salisbury, CN 28144, N.C. NC Baptist Children’s Home PO Box 338 Thomasville, NC 27360 or Shriner’s Children Hospital 950 W. Faris Rd., Greenville, SC 29604. A special thanks goes to Dr. Brent W. Seifert and nurse Sue Benfield and the staff of Autumn Care of Salisbury. On line condolences can be made to www.summersettfuneralhome.com

Dorothy McDaniel Burton

May 20, 1920 - November 23, 2009