In Memoriam

 

Ellsworth Frederick Burch, Jr.
Ellsworth Frederick Burch, Jr.
Class of 1954
 

 

Florence (SC) Morning News -  June 24,1991

LYNCHBURG, SC- Services for Ellsworth Frederick Burch, Jr. will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 1991, in Cain Funeral Home Chapel, Burial will be in Florence County Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Burch, 48, died Saturday June 22, 1991, at his home after a long illness. He was born in Portsmouth, VA, a son of Louise Cumbia Burch and the late Ellsworth Frederick Burch, Sr. He attended the Portsmouth public schools and was a graduate of Southern Technical College in Atlanta with a B.S. degree in electronic engineering. He had lived in Lynchburg since 1983. He was employed with the Federal Aviation Administration as manager of Airway Facilities Sector Field Office at the Florence City County Airport. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Mr. Burch was a member of Faith Bible Church in Lynchburg, member of the American Legion Post No. 140 in Lynchburg, and a member of the Washington Lafayette Masonic Lodge No. 176. A.F.M. in Chesapeake, Va.

Survivors include his wife, Marcelle Evans Burch of Lynchburg, hIs mother, Louise Cumbia Burch of Portsmouth, one son, Ellsworth Frederick Burch III of Lynchburg, two daughters, Melinda Burch Troyer of Columbus and Meranda Burch of Lynchburg, and one sister, Barbara Burch Culver of Chesapeake.

Memorials may be made to Faith Bible Church of Lynchburg or the Lynchburg Rescue Squad.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today.