Philip Burns Jr.

Philip Burns, Jr.
August 6, 1943 - March 19, 2023
Savanah, Georgia - Philip Walker (Phil) Burns, Jr. of Savannah, GA passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah. He was born in Rock Hill, SC on August 6, 1943 and was a son of the late Philip Walker Burns, Sr. and the late Kathleen Hurd Burns.
Phil grew up in Rock Hill, graduating from Rock Hill High School in 1961. He attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, graduating in 1965. He served in the United States Army, retiring from military service in 2003 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He worked with Traveler's Insurance, Harleysville Insurance, and retired from the DeWitt Insurance Agency in Rincon, GA as an insurance agent in 2014.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Kee Burns, his son Scott W. Burns (Meredith), his grandson, Andrew W. Burns, all of Savannah, GA. Surviving also are a sister, Laura Scott (Mike) of Winter Garden, FL, a brother, Allen H. Burns (Gladys) of Simpsonville, SC, and several cousins, nieces, nephews.
The funeral services will be Friday, March 24th at 2:00 PM at Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home in Rock Hill, SC with interment following at Rock Hill's Grandview Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorial donations be made to Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church (wipcsav.org) or the Thornwell Home for Children, Clinton, SC.