Marshall Burton

Services for Marshall Thomas Burton, 67, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Chaplain Robert Stovall officiating.

Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba.

Mr. Burton passed away February 24, 2024, in Tyler. He was born February 15, 1957, in Dallas, to Grady Eldred and Elsie Evans Burton. On May 31, 1980, he married Linda Terry in Edgewood. Together, they moved from Saginaw to the Alba area in 2002. Marshall was a member of First Baptist Church of Alba and “Anchors of Hope Ministries”. He was a truck driver for 33 years. He drove for Walmart the last 10 years of his trucking career. He loved his grandbabies, his wife, and his three girls (in this order). He also enjoyed trucking and traveling with his family. Marshall was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Shirley Whitley; and niece, Chelsea Moore.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Linda Burton of Alba; three daughters, Dotty Thornton and husband Bill of Alba, Ellie Burton of Chatsworth, GA, and Jessica Myers and husband Charles of Alba; brother, Glenn Burton and wife Thressa of Dallas; sister, Jody Short of Corinth; five grandchildren, Zachary Thornton and wife Lana, Jaxson Thornton and fiancé Pressi, Travis McTaggart, Brielynn Myers, and Evelynn Myers; two great-grandchildren, Alex Wettach and Bear Butler; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Keelan Swoape, Dale Floyd, Matt Short, James Short, Shawn Newland, and Charles Myer, Jr.

Memorials can be made to the Alba Food Pantry, c/o First Baptist Church of Alba, 219 Holley St., #200, Alba, Texas 75410.

The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m., at the funeral home.