Camilla Burrus

Camilla S. Burrus SUFFOLK - Camilla Selby Burrus, 83, passed away Dec. 19, 2009, at Sentara Obici Hospital. A native of Hyde County, North Carolina, she was born Nov. 26, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Dennis and Viola G. Selby. Camilla was a graduate of East Carolina University and she retired from teaching after 36 years. Many of the years were in the Suffolk City Schools at Forest Glen High School. She is survived by her husband, Robert Benjamin Burrus Jr.; two sons, R.B. Burrus III and wife Linda and G. Derrick Burrus and wife Terry, all of Suffolk; five grandchildren, Stephanie Sutton, Amy Yost, Amanda Blankenship, Brandon Burrus and Sara Burrus; and four great- grandchildren. A memorial service will be conducted by the Rev. Edward C. Johnson Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. in the R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory, 509 W. Washington St., Suffolk, VA 23434. The family will receive friends in the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The family requests memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, Memorial & Tribute Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.