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Joseph Alfred Burton 

Born- 30 Aug 1923 Atlanta, Ga

Married- Bessie Lucille Walraven

Marriage Date- 15 Apr 1950 Atlanta, Ga

Born- 27 Oct 1930

Here's a dapper Joe Burton

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Joe Burton, Jennie Burton, Caroline Paradise, Billie Stroupe, Jane Stroupe Hornsby, George Rhyne, Barbara Stroupe, Bessie Burton, Charles Shirley, Marilyn Shirley, Jim Stroupe, Susanne Bobbit, Richard Stroupe, Susan Lee Schmetzer

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Left to Right: Helen Graves, Paul Graves, Joe Burton, Mary Ann Rhyne, and Christine Foxe

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Bessie Burton with her babies Ginny and Patricia

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Left to right: Joe Burton, Maurice (Bud) A. Wilson and Leonard (Judge) Watts

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Joe Burton in his Office

  Joe served in the Army Air Corps with a group in North Africa and later Corsica during WWII. He was honorably discharged in November 1945 and attended and graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology.
  Joe was recalled during the Korean war in 1951-1953 for active duty in the 509th Bomb Wing based at Roswell, New Mexico.
He served in the Georgia House of Representatives 10 years (1971-1982) and 20 years in the Georgia Senate. He has received many national and international awards for his work with the handicapped.