Services for Georgia Aileen Nix Burton will be held at 11 a.m.on Saturday, March 22, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapelwith burial at 2 p.m. in Lakewood Memorial Parks at 6000 ClintonBoulevard in Jackson.

Visitation is Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the serviceat the funeral home.

She was born in Oma on Jan. 16, 1919, to Walter Elliot Nix andRosa Love Henington Nix and died on Thursday, March 20, 2008, atthe age of 89.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, SelmerPrice Burton of “Burton’s” Restaurant in Jackson; her two brothers,Frank and Lowery Nix; and two sisters, Margaret Nix Day and EvelynNix Tullos, and her nephew, David Tullos.

She is survived by her son, John Price Burton and wife Kay KroneBurton, of Brookhaven; her three granddaughters, Shelly BurtonCloud and husband Jonathan, of Franklin, Tenn., Dr. Amanda RoseBurton, of Baltimore, Md., and Emily Burton Waterloo and husbandTrey, of Jackson; as well as four great-grandchildren, HannahClaire Cloud, 7; Bennett Price Cloud, 3; MaryRhea Nix Waterloo, 6;and Evelyn Mae Waterloo, 1. She is also survived by four nephews,Frank Nix, of Atlanta, Ga., Jon Tullos, of Russellville, Ark., BenTullos, of Madison, Tommy Nix, of Memphis, Tenn.; and one niece,Jane Agner of Destin, Fla., and many great nieces and nephews.

Aileen attended Whitworth College in Brookhaven, and retiredfrom Electric Power Associations of Mississippi in 1984 after 30years of service. She was a member of Alta Woods United MethodistChurch in Jackson for over 50 years and for the past four years wasan active member of First United Methodist Church in Brookhaven.She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and anavid reader. She was extremely proud of her grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren and was always faithful to her family and herLord. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.