Robert Joseph Burch (1925 - 2007)

Born 25 Jun 1925 in Inman, Fayette, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Dec 2007 at age 82 in Fayette, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Robert Burch is Notable.

Robert Joseph Burch, 82, of Fayetteville, Georgia, died December 25, 2007 after an extended illness. Mr. Burch was born in Inman, Georgia to John Ambrose Burch, Sr. and Nell Graham Burch. After graduating from Fayette County High School, he served in the United States Army during World War II along with his five brothers, and was stricken with wanderlust after being stationed in New Guinea and Australia. After completing his military stint, he earned a degree from the School of Agriculture at the University of Georgia. He worked as a civilian with the U.S. Army in Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan, and then returned to the United States on a Danish freighter that stopped at ports in the Orient, North Africa and Europe.

He spent the next eight years in New York City where he took writing courses as a hobby. When one of his instructors suggested that he take up writing as a profession, he did so. Two years later, in 1962, Viking published a picture story for young children called "A Funny Place to Live". Since then, Mr. Burch has published 18 other children books. He quickly established himself as one of the most popular writers for young people, and his books have earned numerous awards and citations. "Queenie Peavy", selected as a Notable Book by the American Library Association, was also the winner of the 1966 Children's Book Award for the Child Study Association, the Seventeenth Annual Literary Achievement Award of the Georgia Writers Association, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for 1976, and 1971 Georgia Children's Book Award. "Skinny" was awarded the Georgia Children's Book Award in 1967, and in 1970 Burch was named Georgia Author of the Year for "Joey's Cat". In 1974 he received the George C. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award and the Georgia Children's Book Award for "Doodle and the Go-Cart". In 1976 he received the Georgia Children's Book Award, once again, for "Two That Were Tough". "Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain" proved so popular that it served as the basis for a NBC television movie entitled "The Incredible Ida Early" that aired in 1987. On November 5, 2007 he was the first recipient of the W. Porter Kellam Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Georgia.

He was inducted into the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame in 2009.

Obituary

His 3rd GGF was Shadrack Rowe Sr. who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72499383

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3M2J-9N2 : accessed 15 September 2018), J Robert Burch in household of J Ambrose Burch, Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 3A, line 12, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 355; FHL microfilm 2,340,090.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LR-6T3 : 15 March 2018), Robert Burch in household of John A Burch, Fayetteville, Militia District 496, Fayette, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-2, sheet 10B, line 72, family 216, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 670.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT7-QS3Y : accessed 24 July 2018), Mr Robert Joseph Burch, Georgia, United States, 27 Dec 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, born-digital text.

"Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QC-PL14 : accessed 24 July 2018), Robert Joseph Burch, 1940-1942; citing Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005422313.

"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVY-41S : 5 December 2014), Robert J Burch, enlisted 11 Sep 1943, Ft Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

See also:

• Robert J Burch
• Wikidata: Item Q7345845, en:Wikipedia