Lewis "Buddy" W. Burns Jr.
March 27, 1944 - July 16, 2010

Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors 314 S. Hedgecoke Borger, TX 79007 Map to Funeral Home Funeral Service First United Methodist Church 420 W. 6th. St. Stinnett ,  TX 79083 7/21/2010 at 2pm Map to Funeral Home Stinnett Cemetery Box 727 Stinnett, TX 79083 Map to Funeral Home Cowboy Church Building Fund Box 89 McLean, TX 79057

Lewis W. “Buddy” Burns, Jr., 66, died Friday, July 16, 2010 in Gray County.

Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Stinnett with Ronnie Ferguson, Pastor of the Cowboy Church of McLean officiating. Interment will be in the Stinnett Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.

Buddy was born on March 27, 1944 in Dumas and had lived in Gray County since 2000, moving here from Stinnett. He was the ranch manager at the JLB Ranch and was a member of the Cowboy Church in McLean. He was in construction for eight to ten years and was a cowboy for 40+ years. He married Suzy Nichols on Jun 18, 1966 in Del Rio, Texas. He was a deacon at the church and loved his church. He was a hunter, fisherman, loved cowboying having been a cowboy for three quarters of his life, was an artist and enjoyed cattle, bull riding and roping.

He was preceded in death by his son – Bo Burns on October 27 2008, his parents – Lewis & Jewell Burns, Sr. and two sisters – Glenda Burns and Linda Farmer.
He is survived by his wife – Suzy Burns of the home, daughter – Ginger Burns of Seattle, WA, daughter-in-law – Kelly Burns of Stinnett, mother-in-law – Ruth Nichols of Amarillo, brothers-in-law – David Nichols and wife Amy of Amarillo, Robert Farmer of Pahrump, NV, sister- Pat Monden and husband J.A. of Stinnett, sisters-in-law – Pat Fredrickson and husband Feller and Peggy Nichols all of Amarillo, two grandchildren – Trae Burns and Cody Burns of Stinnett.