Mary Alice Burton

May 4, 1934 - April 22, 2020

Obituary Mary Alice Burton 1934-2020 Mary Alice Burton was born in Lynchburg, Tennessee. She was a graduate of Moore County High School and Middle Tennessee State College. She became an active member of the Young Farmers and Homemakers where she met her first husband on a Ramp Tramp. She worked as a secretary for AERO until she began teaching school. She taught the first kindergarten class in Moore County in 1969-70. She continued to teach kindergarten until she, as she put it, “was allowed to pass on to first grade”. She remained a first-grade teacher in Moore County Schools until her retirement. Mary Alice was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Lynchburg but loved and visited all of the Methodist Churches in Moore County as well as Fayetteville First UMC. Mary Alice was an active member of the Moore County Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gamma, T.O.P.S, and the Lynchburg FCE. She was an avid square dancer. She was an amazing cook and became known for her fried pies which she often delivered to those who were sick or shut in. Mary Alice loved people and spent her life developing deep and long-lasting relationships with family members and friends. She lived out the remainder of her days at Willow Springs Assisted Living in Spring Hill where she led exercise class, and NHC Franklin where she avidly participated in activities. Mary Alice is proceeded in death by her two husbands Doris Edris Cooper and Willie E. “Ted” Burton. Her parents Jessie May (Millsap) and Thomas Herman Dance, and her great uncles Luke and Will Millsap who helped to raise her. She is survived by her daughter Marijo Cooper Bond, son-in-law Allen Bond, and granddaughters Samantha Bond and Jordan Bond. For online guest registry please visit, www.lynchburgfuneralhome.com LYNCHBURG FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.