Norman C. Burns, Jr., 81, of Lawrence
Township, passed away on Saturday morning, May 15, 2004 at his home.
Born in Newport, the son of the late
Norman C. and Florence S. Ewan Burns, he was the husband of the late Hazel
R. Table Burns. Mr. Burns had been a Cedarville resident all his life.
Norman started working at a young age for
Rainears’ Dairy in Bridgeton, before marrying Hazel, and then served in the
United States Army during World War II. After his discharge from the armed
forces, he dabbled in a few careers before settling in his lifetime career.
He’d worked as an oysterman, was a horse trader, owned and operated both the
Cedarville Auction and the Newport Auto Sales, before owning the Norman
Burns Used Cars and Trucks in Cedarville for over 40 years. He loved people
more than anything else, so he began to work alongside Father Carmen of St.
Francis of Assisi Church in Vineland, by delivering food baskets to anyone
he thought needed help. Norman hosted Christmas parties at the
Cedarville Municipal Hall, was the President of the Lawrence Township
Memorial Parade Committee for several years, and was a founding member of
Lawrence Township Recreation Committee. He will be most remembered as
President of the Lawrence Township Free Commodity Services, always involved
in the “Food Program” he had been President since the start of the service
in 1990.
Survivors include two daughters, Helen
Woody of Dividing Creek and Juanita Wolbert of Cedarville; two sisters, Nina
Woolf of Vineland and Juanita Gale of Newport; one brother, Bill Burns of
Port Elizabeth; four granddaughters, Eula Norcross and her husband Albert of
Millville, Christy Anderson and her husband Tony of Cedarville, Juanita Lacy
and her husband John of North Carolina and Stephanie McGarrity of Newport;
three grandsons, Joe Woody and his wife Julie of Wisconsin and Charlie Woody
and Michael McGarrity both of Cedarville; nine great-grandchildren, Norman
Woody, Erica Fichera, Anthony Woody, Hazel Woody, Zachery Woody, Brittney
Anderson, John Lacy, Tiffany Lacy and Justin Lacy. He was predeceased by a
brother Sherman Burns and a grandson Anthony Woody.
Funeral services will be held in the
Padgett Funeral Home, 160 Main Street, Cedarville, NJ, on Monday morning,
May 24, at 11:00 O’clock. Burial will be in Newport Baptist Cemetery, Downe
Township. Friends may call on Monday morning between the hours of 10:00 and
11:00 O’clock, prior to the services at the funeral home. At the family’s
request, donations can be made in Norman’s memory to the Lawrence Township
Rescue Squad, Main Street, Cedarville, N.J. 08311. Written condolences can
be sent to the family at www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
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