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Zack Eugene Burns was born Nov. 5, 1924, in Hamilton County, Texas. Zack was 80 years old when he died on Sunday, June 19, 2005, after a lengthy illness, in the Riverside Healthcare Center, in San Angelo Texas, where he had lived for several years. ¶ Graveside service will be at 1 p.m., Monday, June 27, at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. ¶ Zack was a graduate of Hamilton Texas High School, served three years in the U.S. Army in World War II in the South Pacific Theater, 1942-1945 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion with Co. B, and was honorably discharged Dec. 28, 1945. Zack was a graduate of Howard Payne University and was a member of the Churches of Christ and Life Member of VFW Post 1815-San Angelo. ¶ Zack was preceded in death by a brother, James Burns; his father and mother, Norflet Eugene and Lena Bullard Burns; a sister, Etoil Burns Kemp. ¶ He is survived by a brother, W.C. Burns of Arlington, Texas; two daughters, Alleta Burns Ojeda of Granada Hills, Calif., and Mona Burns Granados of Crockett, Texas; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. ¶ Memorial donations may be made to Riverside Healthcare Center, 609 Rio Concho Drive, San Angelo 76903, or the Scholarship Fund of Howard Payne University, PO Box 2369, Brownwood, TX 76804.