Background
Sr., John Lee Burton was born on March 30, 1927 in Blaine, Kentucky, United States. Son of H.G. and Gladys Marie (Gambill) B.
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John Lee Burton Sr.
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Student Morehead State University, 1943-1944.
Career
Merchant, farmer, 1944-1946. Banker, 1946. With Peoples Security Bank, Louisa, Kentucky, 1946, president, 1964. President, director Grayson Rural Electric Cooperative (Kentucky), 1950-1995.
President, director Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative, Staffordsville, Kentucky, 1966. Vicechairman, director East Kentucky Power Corporation, Winchester. Advisor, Kentucky Governor's Economics Development Commission, 1976.
Past agricultural chairman Lawrence County. Past member jury committee and election committee of Lawrence Company Named honorary clerk Court Appeals Kentucky, 1976. Honorary treasurer State of Kentucky, 1978, honorary secretary state, 1980.
Membership
Member Kentucky Bankers Association (past secretary, vice president, president group 9), Indiana Community Bankers Kentucky, Kentucky History Society. Member Church of Christ.
Connections
Married Guinola Hill October 3, 1945. Children: John Lee, Joseph Edward.
