Cynthia Kimbrough Burrows, 88, passed away March 15, 2019. She was born January 20, 1931 in Sheffield, AL
Cynthia was raised at Preuit Oaks, her ancestral home in Leighton, AL and is a descendent of the original landowner families that settled in the Leighton Community.
She attended Colbert County High School and Florence State Teachers College, was elected a Lions Cheerleader, and ultimately received a degree in education.
Upon graduation Cynthia and her husband first settled in Green Cove Springs, FL. It was there she taught Biology and coached a winning girls basketball team.
The final move was to East Jordan, Michigan, where Cynthia taught middle school, was a loyal member of the First Presbyterian Church, active in garden club, survived family sailing excursions, attended horse shows with her daughter, and raised three children, just to name a few of her accomplishments. This was all done with a positive, enthusiastic, and gracious southern attitude which defined her character.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Edward Marvin Burrows; son, Robert Luther Burrows; father, John Stokes Kimbrough; and mother, Bettie Preuit Kimbrough Evans.
Survivors include her daughter, Jamie Burrows Lynch, Florence; son, Edward Stokes Burrows, Florence; granddaughter, Jordan Reece Lynch, Nashville, TN; Creighton Stokes Lynch, Florence; her sister, Jessie Evans Wilson, Florence; niece Donna Wilson, Haymarket, VA, and nephew Barry Wilson (Ann), Charles Town, WV, and including great niece and nephews, Trisha, Bo, and Brandon.
Pallbearers will be: Mark Lile Fennel, Gordon Preuit Fennel, Richard Gordon Preuit, Tony Smith, Stokes Burrows, Creighton Lynch, Honorary pallbearers will be Edward Fennel Mauldin Jr, James B. King, Percy Madding King and Allen Alsobrook.
Service will be held on Sunday, March 17, at the Leighton United Methodist Church at 2:00 pm, with Reverend Sam Hardie officiating. Burial will follow at Preuit Oaks Cemetery, Leighton.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN or a charity of your choice.
The family would like to thank the nurses at Mitchell Hollingsworth and Amedisys Hospice for her extensive care.
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Jamie and Stokes, we were so sorry to hear about your mom. She was a great lady. We have so many wonderful memories of the fun times we had together, especially sailing (dingy dock dinners, always with fresh green beanstalks). Survived family adventures is right! Proud to say we participated in some of those adventures. Hard to believe how quickly time goes. Your mom will missed but her legacy of what a wonderful wife, mom, grandmother and friend will continue.
We are thinking about all of you.
Todd and Nancy Amberger