Burns Lee Floore

Burns Lee Floore, 71, of Columbus, MS., died Tuesday, November 08, 2011 at Homeplace in Columbus, Ms. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Gholson Cemetery near Shuqualak, MS. The family requests no flowers, please, memorials may be made to the Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39701 or your favorite charity.

Mr. Floore was born on March 1, 1940 in Weakley County, Tenn., to the late Thomas Clinton and Tula Anne Spikes Floore. His mother passed away when he was only 8 months old and he was reared by his grandmother, Mrs. Jackie Floore of Gholson, Ms. He was a graduate of Shuqualak High School, Class of 1959. He worked at National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, TN. for several years before working for O.B. Persons Lumber Co. in Shuqualak. He, then, went into general housing contracting all over the Southeast and soon moved to Palm Coast, FL where he lived for many years . He was a member of the Independent Methodist Church in Macon, MS. He joined the Mississippi Army National Guard in 1955 and retired in 1980 having attained the rank of a major. He loved the National Guard and served in many areas, including periods of Federalization of the Guard for natural disasters and for duty at the University of Miss. to quell rioting in September 1962. Mr. Floore moved back to Mississippi in 2011, living in the Columbus area. He is preceded in death by his parents, and three brothers.

His survivors include two daughters; Susan Floore Beaudoin of Colorado Springs, CO and Lynda Floore Unruh of Macon, MS; a son, Kenneth Lee Floore of Carriere, MS; 3 sisters, Anne Bledsoe of Knoxville, TN., Martha Crocherone of New Orleans, LA., Mary Vidone of Round Lake, Illinois; brother Billy Floore of Round Lake, Illinois and 6 grandchildren: Rachel Stermer, Abigal Stermer, Allyson Stermer, Aaron Beaudoin, Kelsey Unruh and Evan Unruh.