BURTON, JOSEPH RAY OF TAMPA FL died February 20, 2020 at 96 years of age. He was born in Campton, GA to Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Burton and grew up in Atlanta. He attended Boys High and Georgia Tech, where he received a master's degree in industrial management and taught classes. Joseph also served as president of the Industrial Management Society of Georgia Tech.
Joseph was a veteran who served as a captain in the army during and following World War II. He held a job with Westinghouse Electric and from there went on to work for Consolidated for the rest of his career. After leaving Atlanta with his wife Mickey, they lived in many cities around the country - Chattanooga, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, and New Orleans, but ultimately returning to Atlanta and Tampa where they raised their daughter and spent a very happy retirement.
Joseph was a passionate and talented tennis player who took to the tennis court every chance he got, and his grandsons could not best him even into his last decade! He was also phenomenal at card games and loved playing gin rummy, hearts, spades, and bridge with his family and friends.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Mickey Hill Burton, and their daughter, Pamela Lee Burton Stenhouse and her husband Scott Stenhouse and three grandsons, Jeb, Cody and Joe Stenhouse of Atlanta, Georgia.
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