Cynthia L. (Davis) Burns, age 58, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home in Clayton, New Mexico.

Memorial Services were held at 1:00 PM on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Terrell Jones and Lynn Clay officiating. Burial followed in the Clayton Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton.

Cynthia L. (Davis) Burns was born on May 15, 1954 in Clayton, New Mexico to Clifton C. Davis and Erva Jean (Hanson) Davis. She graduated from Clayton High School and attended Lamar Junior College and then West Texas A and M University where she received her Bachelors Degree in Ag Business. She worked for Diamond Shamrock Oil Company in Amarillo for a few years. Cynthia married Bobby Burns on August 5, 1978 at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico and they lived on and operated ranches throughout the area. She enjoyed ranching and loved all of her animals. Cynthia returned to school and received her Bachelors Degree in Education from New Mexico Highlands University and later received her Masters Degree in Education from Lindsey University. She taught school in Amistad for three years and then at Alvis Elementary School in Clayton for fifteen years before she had to retire due to health reasons. She loved all of her students and each one of them held a special place in her heart. She always had a warm smile on her face and was kind to all. Cynthia was a wonderful and loving mother and wife. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Susie Herman and a niece, Wendy Bullock.

SURVIVORS:

HUSBAND: Bobby Burns of Clayton, New Mexico.

1 DAUGHTER: Ali Pilgrim and her husband Chris of Amarillo, Texas.

1 SON: Wes Burns of Weatherford, Texas.

3 GRANDSONS: Drake Pilgrim, Cole Pilgrim and Brock Pilgrim.

5 SISTERS: Karen Howard and her husband Leroy of Springer, New Mexico, Jan Kuhlman and her husband Jim of Aztec, New Mexico, Nancy Davis and her husband Tom Hesch of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Marcy Edmondson and her husband Roger of Raton, New Mexico and Melissa Allen and her husband David of Springer, New Mexico.

1 BROTHER-IN-LAW: Ron Herman of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

And numerous nieces and nephews.

MEMORIALS: The family asks that memorials be made in lieu of flowers to the Lawrence Earl Daniel Memorial Scholarship Fund care of the Farmers and Stockmans Bank in Clayton or Des Moines.