Submitted by Dana Thomas


Reeder-Davis Funeral Home Inc. 

In memoriam of James Scott Burns, 04/06/1969 - 04/29/2008 

LINDEN-Funeral services for DPS Trooper James Scott Burns, 39, of Linden
will be at 2 p.m., Saturday at First Baptist Church, Linden, with the Rev.
Jackie Stanfield officiating. Burial will be at Shiloh Cemetery near Linden
under direction of Reeder-Davis-Schindler Funeral Home, Inc. of Linden. 

Visitation will be from 6-8 P.M., Friday, at the fellowship hall in First
Baptist Church in Linden. The family has designated Shriners as their
charity of choice. 

Officer Burns died in the line of duty on Tuesday, April 29 in Jefferson. He
was born April 6, 1969 in Longview. He attended Tyler Jr. College, Texarkana
College, and Ouachita Baptist University, and previously worked as a
corrections officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice before
joining the DPS, was a member of First Baptist Church, Linden, and had been
an officer in Texas Department of Public Safety for five years. 

He is survived by his wife Michaela of Linden; his infant daughter Micah
Burns of Linden; his parents Ronnie and Judy Burns of Linden; two brothers
and sisters-in-law Stephen and Elizabeth Burns and Stacy and Sherri Burns,
all of Linden; his grandfather Billy Fort of Jefferson; and his
parents-in-law Jimmy and Helen Maxwell of Bivins. Also, two brothers-in-law
and their wives, Todd and Karon Maxwell of Bivins and Mike and Tammy Maxwell
of Atlanta; several nieces and nephews, Kenneth, Katie, Kellie, Kevin,
Kelsey and Blake Burns; Brandy Baker, Morgan, Emily, and Jordan Maxwell, and
a great niece Bailee Baker. 

Scott was "an unbelievable man, the way he conducted his life and treated
people. If you met him once, you felt like you'd known him all your life."
Brother-in-law Todd Maxwell 

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