He passed away in 1947 in the hospital in Durham, North Carolina, and was buried in Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3Q-2R1 : accessed 12 January 2022), Dewey Burns in household of Delphus Burns, East Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 12A, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1120; FHL microfilm 1,375,133.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33T-T65 : accessed 12 January 2022), Dewey Burns, West Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 19B, line 52, family 366, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 2,341,436.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQ1-1MK : 9 January 2021), Dewey Burns in household of Tomlinson Lucille Jones, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-60A, sheet 1B, line 53, family 9, 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 2982.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3S-NGY : 8 December 2014), Dewey Dulph Burns, 16 Mar 1898; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. D-2, p. 12, Lee, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78H1-WKW2 : 3 September 2021), Dewey Dulph Burns, 16 Mar 1898; citing Birth, Lee, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102155847.
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VH9-2SN2 : 3 September 2021), Dewey Dulph Burns, 16 Mar 1898; citing Birth, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102155848.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT5-GNF : 9 March 2021), Dewey D Burns and Lucille Tomlinson Jones, 01 Mar 1944; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 259,327.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRR-J17 : 9 March 2021), Dewey D Burns and Lucille Tomlinson Jones, 01 Mar 1944; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 259,470.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8Q-B79 : 10 February 2018), Dewey Delgris Burns, 29 Jan 1947; citing Durham, Durham, North Carolina, v 0A cn 463, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,909,215.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144344114/dewey-delphus-burns : accessed 12 January 2022), memorial page for Dewey Delphus Burns (14 Mar 1898–1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #144344114, citing Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by DLC (contributor 48070055) .
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