Class of 1896
Salutatorian

Birth: 7 Mar 1878, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Death: 7 Apr 1956, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Parents:
Allen Melancthon Wyse (1846-1928)
Marilla Elizabeth Riser Wyse (1845-1928)

Siblings:
Gertrude Estelle “Essie” Wyse Boozer (1873–1960)
Allen Charlton Wyse (1881–1910)
Joseph Henry Wyse (1881–1960)
Frederick Calhoun Wyse (1883–1940)
Lottie Lee Wyse Norman (1885-1982)

Spouse: John Thomas Burton (1870-1927)

Children:
John William Burton (1903–1971)
Mary Burton Hemeter (1906–1965)
Martha Burton Huddleston (1906–1990)
Flavia Burton Helm (1910–1996)
Allen Wyse Burton (1917–1944)
Robert Paul “Bob” Burton (1920–2012)

Burial: Highland Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Source: www.findagrave.com, # 127005441.

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Graduated from Elizabeth College (Charlotte, NC), 1899.

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Appointed U. S. Postmaster for Alligator, Bolivar County, Mississippi, 12 Jan 1915.

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The State (Columbia, SC), 8 Apr 1956, p. 37.

Former Columbia Woman Dies

Word has been received in Columbia of the death of Mrs. Rosa Wyse Burton of Hattiesburg, Miss., yesterday.

Mrs. Burton, 78, was the widow of John T. Burton and daughter of the late Allen M. and Marilla Riser Wyse of Columbia.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Herbert Hemeter of Hattiesburg, Mrs. Rufus Huddleston of Chula, Miss., Mrs. Carl Thompson of Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Edward Helm of Jackson, Miss.; two sons, John Burton of Mobile and Robert Burton of Charleston, W. Va.; one brother, J. H. Wyse of Richmond, Va., and two sisters, Mrs. V. Y. Boozer of White Rock and Mrs. C. E. Norman of Monroe, N. C.

Funeral services will be held at Hattiesburg today.