James Burdette

James Reuben Burdette Sr., age 94, of Martin, died Wednesday, at his daughter’s home. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin with Jeffery Coleman officiating. Burial followed at East Side Cemetery in Martin. He was formerly employed at the Atomic Energy plant in Paducah, Ky., a teacher at the University of Tennessee, Martin, Airport Machine Corp and county surveyor. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was a WWII Navy veteran, Burdette is survived by his daughters, Billie Sue Blythe of Martin, Becky (Dennis) Coleman, of Dyersburg, Charlene (Larry) Windrow of Chattanooga and Beth Gilbert, Hartsville, S.C. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Margaret Maurer Burdette; a son, James R. Burdette Jr.; a sister, Mary Jane Haley; a brother, Edwin Burdette; and his parents, Reuben Coleman and Charline Kennedy Burdette. Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.