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Zemulah Walker “Zemma” <I>Miller</I> Burt

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Zemulah Walker “Zemma” Miller Burt

Birth
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
Death
26 Mar 1936 (aged 57)
Palatka, Putnam County, Florida, USA
Burial
Palatka, Putnam County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Zemulah Miller Burt, wife of James Creth Burt Sr., well known Palatkan, died at 6:15 a.m. today at her apartments at the Saratoga Hotel, following a critical illness of 60 days.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow from St. Mark's Episcopal Church, of which the deceased was a consecrated member, with the Rev. T. W. Tayloe officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill East Cemetery.
Mrs. Burt, member of a prominent Alabama family, was born at Talladega, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. G. K. Miller. She was educated at Peace Institute, a Presbyterian college at Raleigh, N.C., and was married to Mr. Burt at Talladega in 1908.
In delicate health for the past 23 years, Mrs. Burt had spent three years at Santa Monica, California, immediately prior to the removal of the family to Palatka 10 years ago, where they have since made their home.
She is survived by her husband, James Creth Burt, Jr., by one daughter, Nellie Hall Burt; a son, Miller Burt; by two sisters, Mrs. S. E. Green, of Birmingham, wife of a well known Alabama jurist, and Mrs. T. L. Welch, of Talladega; one brother, H. K. Miller, Monticello, Fla., and by several; nieces and nephews. Another son, James Creth Burt, Jr., was drowned in the St. James river here several years ago.
W. Carl Davis & Son are in charge of funeral arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Thursday, 26 Mar 1936.(mwills)
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Alternate birth date from death record was 10-23-1881.
Mrs. Zemulah Miller Burt, wife of James Creth Burt Sr., well known Palatkan, died at 6:15 a.m. today at her apartments at the Saratoga Hotel, following a critical illness of 60 days.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow from St. Mark's Episcopal Church, of which the deceased was a consecrated member, with the Rev. T. W. Tayloe officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill East Cemetery.
Mrs. Burt, member of a prominent Alabama family, was born at Talladega, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. G. K. Miller. She was educated at Peace Institute, a Presbyterian college at Raleigh, N.C., and was married to Mr. Burt at Talladega in 1908.
In delicate health for the past 23 years, Mrs. Burt had spent three years at Santa Monica, California, immediately prior to the removal of the family to Palatka 10 years ago, where they have since made their home.
She is survived by her husband, James Creth Burt, Jr., by one daughter, Nellie Hall Burt; a son, Miller Burt; by two sisters, Mrs. S. E. Green, of Birmingham, wife of a well known Alabama jurist, and Mrs. T. L. Welch, of Talladega; one brother, H. K. Miller, Monticello, Fla., and by several; nieces and nephews. Another son, James Creth Burt, Jr., was drowned in the St. James river here several years ago.
W. Carl Davis & Son are in charge of funeral arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Thursday, 26 Mar 1936.(mwills)
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Alternate birth date from death record was 10-23-1881.


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  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65630689/zemulah_walker-burt: accessed ), memorial page for Zemulah Walker “Zemma” Miller Burt (23 Oct 1878–26 Mar 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65630689, citing Oak Hill East Cemetery, Palatka, Putnam County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Elaine A (contributor 47160132).