Amarillo, TX
James (Jim) Arthur Burr
1943 — 2021
James (Jim) Arthur Burr of Amarillo died January 24, 2021, at his home in Amarillo, Texas. James born March 31, 1943, at the old Tucker Memorial Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas to Floyd and Esther (Horton) Burr. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1961 and went on to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Oklahoma for 3 years. He worked for Halliburton in Great Bend, Hugoton, Liberal, Kansas, and Lamar, Colorado. Retiring early, he went on to own his own business, Burrs' Towing Service in Liberal, Kansas. After several years, he moved from Liberal to Amarillo, Texas and worked for William P. Clements Potter County Prison from which he retired. He married Mary Rose...