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JAMES DELNOE “SKIP” BURNHAM
September 30. 1937-May 28, 2019
James Delnoe “Skip” Burnham, age 81, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, MS. Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 29, 2019, from 5:30pm until 8:30pm at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhall, MS and from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at County Line Baptist Church near Puckett on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Funeral service to follow in the church at 11:00 AM. Internment will follow in the church cemetery.
Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhall, MS is in charge.
Skip was born September 30, 1937, in Puckett to T.J. and Luzeale Burke Burnham. He graduated from
Puckett High School and attended Hinds Jr. College and MS College. He served in Germany in the U.S. Army during the Berlin Wall crisis and was a member of the MS National Guard and the Air Evac Unit.
Skip coached baseball for the city of Brandon and football for Brandon Academy and University Christian School, where he also served on the Board of Directions. He was a Cub Scout leader.
Skip was a 32nd degree Mason and served as Past Master of the Puckett Lodge. He retired from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.
He was a member of County Line Baptist Church.
Skip was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Lindsey Burnham; and sister, Garral Fortenberry.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Charlotte Hankins Burnham of Brandon; son, Dan Burnham; daughter, Leigh McBride; grandchildren, Madison McBride and Cass Garner; brother Bill Burnham (Linda Carol) Burnham; and sisters, Lynda Terrell and Sharkey Mullins.
