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It's our 'Tribal Chief's' birthday! June 18

On this blog we have a page that shares all the birthdates for all of the children of James and Emma Burns. I hadn't shared many images of them and of course sadly for the younger children who died (Esther Clementine, Annas Lennie Mae, Elbert Artha, and Harvey) there are no photographs available. Of course we have to start with the two main people for this "bloodline". Mr. James Lee Burns & Mrs. Emma Lee Hunter Burns. It seems they were meant to be together both have ties to Hinds County, Mississippi. Met at a church in Utica, Mississippi and both found their way to the Mississippi Delta where they married and raised a large family. Emma & James Burns 1) Lee Alice Burns Travis - for this blog she's our Tribal Griot (our Tribal History assigned her that title) 2) Walter James Burns With his wife Leah 3)Lucyrene Burns Robinson - she's our Tribal Matriarch 4) Gurtine Burns Howard - Muh-deah my grandmother 5) Clee Dorothy Burns Taylor  6) Vera Lee Burns Bati...