June T. Burnside

June T. Burnside transferred to the Lord's heavenly kingdom on January 16, 2019. In her final days many family members traveled great distances to express their love. She was a beautiful, convivial, caring woman. She was born 79 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia to Carl Thomas Sr and Annabelle Thomas. They predeceased her as did her two brothers, Carl Jr, and Richard.She graduated from Norview H.S. and embarked on a 55 year career primarily with Xerox, several hotels being awarded several employee of the month certificates. Her favorite position was human resources director for several hotels which enabled her to care for and assist others. Her husband is grateful for her kindness to his clients.She was an avid water skier which evolved into years of snow skiing. For vacations she and Bill enjoyed the many memories from traveling in Europe and across the USA. For 3 years she and a friend, as volunteers, provided crisis counseling to persons considering suicide. She crocheted providing her creations to family. As she neared retirement she enjoyed providing American home life to 4 foreign exchange students. One extraordinary fact: she never received a traffic ticket during her 60 years of driving. She is survived by her husband Bill, her two sons R. Kyle Horton, and two stepchildren, Christopher S. Burnside and Laura B Cook, 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. The family is thankful to the caring staff of Sentara Hospice House who provided pain free comfort to June. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Alzheimer's Association, PO Box 96011, Washington DC 20090-6011. Condolences may be left for the family at www.altmeyerfh.com.A celebration of June's life will take place at a date to be announced.