WARREN CO., NORTH CAROLINA - Charles Burton, 67, of Portsmouth, Va. passed away unexpectedly on June 18, 2018, while visiting family and friends in North Carolina.

Charles was the youngest of five children born to Annie Elizabeth Frazier Burton and Clarence Reddick Burton, in Henderson, N.C.

He was a graduate of Newport News High School and the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School.

Charles met the love of his life, Linda C. Hess Burton in Newport News, Va. and they were married in 1973.

They were members of Nansemond River Baptist Church, and prior to this, members of Western Branch Baptist Church, where he served as deacon.

Charles was preceded in death by his father, and survived by his mother, Annie; wife, Linda; daughter, Amy; son, Jason; four grandchildren, Emma, Brooke, Abigail and Brody; and siblings, John, Mary, Lynda and Betty.

He was a faithful husband and loving father to his two children, raising them in Portsmouth with frequent visits to North Carolina. He was a dedicated son who diligently managed his mother's finances since his father's death in 1973. He was a doting grandfather to his four grandchildren.

Charles' government service spanned over 49 years, beginning in 1969 at Newport News Shipbuilding, and continuing at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, SUPSHIP in Portsmouth, and MARMC on Norfolk Naval Station, where he did electrical design work and engineering. He was actively employed as a process control and improvement engineer with AECOM/URS Federal Services.

Charles was a Ford enthusiast and member of the Colonial Virginia Model A Ford Club. He enjoyed rebuilding, sharing restoration techniques with other enthusiasts, and driving his antique vehicles.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 26 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Nansemond River Baptist Church, 2896 Bridge Road, Suffolk, Va. 23435.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, June 27 at 1:00 p.m. at the church, with burial following in Peninsula Memorial Park. An open reception will follow the burial at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Ridgeway North Carolina Fire Department, P.O. Box 22, Ridgeway, NC 27570.

Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Published in the Daily Press on June 25, 2018.