Leroy Linton Burns ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: GCTN-7RB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Evening Sun: obituary of Leroy Burns on 15 Jan 1968 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Owned Candy, Toy Firm
Funeral services for Leroy L. Burns, owner of a candy stores where he made his own candy for 45 years, will be held at 2 P.M. tomorrow at the Donovan's funeral establishment, 3818 Roland avenue.
Mr. Burns, who was 71, died a Friday at the Bolton Manor nursing home of cancer. A native of Baltimore, Mr. Burns owned an operated the Burns Confectionery and Toy Store on Thirty-sixth street since 1922.
Had Own Kitchen
At the store, he had his own candy kitchen where he made all of his chocolate candies. According to his wife, Mrs. Ruth A. Burns, he was one of the last candy store owners in Baltimore who made his own candy. Mr. Burns was also one of the few persons in Baltimore who maintained a doll hospital. As a youngster, he learned how to fix dolls from a neighbor and continued the practice at his store. He specialized in repairing antique European dolls.
GOP Election Judge
For the past 40 years, he was a Republican election judge and was an active member of the Hampden Methodist Church, 3449 Falls road. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Vernon L. Burns, of Pasadena, Md., and Richard T. Burns, of Long Green, Md., and three grandchildren.

Leroy married Ivy Tracey. (Ivy Tracey was born on 15 Feb 1897 in La Plata, Charles, MD,³ died on 23 May 1954 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{3 4} and was buried in Baltimore: Saint Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ³.)

Leroy next married Ruth Adele Beeker, daughter of John Henry Beeker and Lillie Pleasant Whipperman, about 1955 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. (Ruth Adele Beeker was born on 20 Jul 1911 in , Baltimore County, MD,⁵ died on 15 Feb 1974 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{5 6} and was buried on 19 Feb 1974 in Freeland: Middletown Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ^{5 6}.)