Nicholas “Nick” Burton, 25, of Beaumont, died Thursday, June 26, 2008. A native and life long resident of Beaumont, Nick lived life as an adventure. As a child, he loved and played several sports including baseball, football, basketball and soccer. He taught himself how to play the guitar in high school and graduated from West Brook in 2001.
Nick loved to be surrounded by nature. He enjoyed fishing, biking and hiking. He served a mission for his church in Seattle, Washington and fell in love with the mountain air of the Pacific Northwest. He would call his mother from the tops of mountains to tell her how majestic it was. After his mission he returned to Seattle several times but always traveled home to Beaumont to enjoy time with his family. Nick was a professional waiter who worked at Carraba’s in Beaumont and the Rainforest Café in Seattle.
Nick loved and treasured family vacations especially to the beach and Disneyworld. Nick had a loveable, irresistible goodness that radiated around him and manifested in his smile. Nick never failed to touch the lives of his friends and family in his short life.
Survivors include his parents, Bryan and Sheila Burton of Beaumont; brother, Stephen Burton of Beaumont; sisters, Scarlett Snider and her husband Wyatt of Beaumont, and Savannah Lillywhite and her husband Brett of Rexburg, Idaho; nephew, Walker D. Snider; grandparents, S. Rebecca Burgamy and William “Bill” Burton; and numerous aunts, uncles and extended family members.
Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Weaver in Beaumont with burial to follow at Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will begin at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at the Mortuary.
