Milford Deal Burriss (February 23, 1937 – July 21, 2016) was an American businessman and politician in the state of

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Biography

He served in the

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as a member of the Republican Party from 1985 to 1990, representing

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. He was a former electrical contractor. Burris graduated from Brookland Cayce High School and then served in the

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. In 1961, he graduated from the University of South Carolina, in 1961, and worked as an electrical contractor. Burriss died of

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in 2016 in Eastover where he lived.Milford Burriss-obituary
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References

1937 births 2016 deaths People from Anderson, South Carolina Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives People from Eastover, South Carolina Military personnel from South Carolina University of South Carolina alumni Businesspeople from South Carolina Deaths from cancer in South Carolina 20th-century American businesspeople {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub