He served as a county commissioner, and worked as a fish buyer and Texaco distributor until his retirement in 1962.
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Burrus died of lung cancer in 1972, leaving behind his widow and four children, including daughters Dixie and Mary, and nine grandchildren.
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Burrus was born in North Carolina's Outer Banks, where his family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams.
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