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Official Obituary of

Billy Earl Burns, Sr.

November 2, 1935 ~ November 23, 2025 (age 90) 90 Years Old

Billy Earl Burns, Sr. Obituary

Billy Earl Burns, Sr., age 90, of Oneida, TN, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2025, at the Oneida Nursing and Rehab Center in Oneida, TN. Born November 2, 1935, in Columbus, GA, he was the son of the late Earl Edwin and Dorothy Wadsworth Burns. Billy retired as a building maintenance supervisor with Delta Airlines; and was a member of the New Haven Baptist Church.

Billy is survived by his wife: (Dorcas) Ann Mercer Burns; children: Teresa Burns and husband John Bedell, Billy E. Burns, Jr. and girlfriend Laura Morales, Leah Nuin, and Jennifer Staples and husband Luke; sisters: Linda Norton, Vivian Gail Tyler and Janice Olah and husband Edgar; grandchildren: Natalie Nuin, Johnathan ‘Dakotah’ Culver, Autumn Culver, Connor Bassett Nuin, Miguel Nuin, Brooklyn Nuin, Keira Anastasia Loum, and Luke Ballou Staples II; as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Friends may visit with the Burns family on Friday, November 28, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. until time of funeral service at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Jones & Son Funeral Home with Bro. James Roberts officiating.

After the service the family chose cremation.

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