George Aubrey Burton

Background

Burton,, George Aubrey was born on June 21, 1926 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of George Aubrey Burton and Theo Marvis Simmons-Burton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Centenary College, 1947—1950.

Career

Reporter Dun & Bradstreet, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1947—1949. Accountant Opferkuch, Mc Guirt, Watts & West Certified Public Accountant's, 1949—1953. Partner Opferkuch, McGuirt, Watts & West Certified Public Accountant's, Shreveport, 1953, Burton & Penn Certified Public Accountant'S, Shreveport, 1964—1974.

Certified Public Accountant George A. Burton, Junior, Shreveport, 1953—1964, George A. Burton, Junior Certified Public Accountant, Shreveport, since 1978. Commissioner finance City Of Shreveport, 1971—1978. Seaman 1/c Navy Seabees, 1943-1946, Central Pacific.

Achievements

• Certified Public Accountant, State Board Of Accounting/Louisiana, 1953.

Membership

Treasurer Junior Chamber of Commerce, Shreveport, 1953—1954, executive vice president, 1955—1956, president, 1956—1957. Regional vice president Louisiana Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1958—1959, executive vice president, 1959—1960. Member Shreveport Airport Authority.

Chairman Caddo Parish Executive Committee. President Caddo Parish Board Election Supervisors, since 1978. Executive committee Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport, 1971—1978.

Director Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, 1956—1957. Member of Louisiana Certified Public Accountant Society (state committe), Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Parents Club (life).

Connections

Married Joan Cunningham, July 31, 1947 (deceased October 2002). Married Gloria Brantley, June 18, 2005. Children: George Aubrey Burton, III, Sandra Burton-Batten.

Father:

George Aubrey Burton

Mother:

Theo Marvis Simmons-Burton

Spouse:

Gloria Brantley

Spouse:

Joan Cunningham

child:

George Aubrey Burton Burton,

child:

Sandra Burton-Batten Burton,

child:

III Burton,