E. Douglas 'Doug' Burton
2007
E. Douglas "Doug"  Burton, 89, who owned and operated his family's Washington awning business, R.C.M. Burton &  Son, died Dec. 11 at Clayton Comfort Care nursing home in Silver Spring. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Mr. Burton worked for the company as a young man and was its sole proprietor  from 1963 until he retired in 1984. In addition to designing and manufacturing awnings, R.C.M. Burton & Son also made canopies, wrought iron pieces, flags and interior decorations for such clients as the White House and the Smithsonian Institution as well as Garfinckels and Woodward & Lothrop stores.
He was a native Washingtonian and a 1937 graduate of  Roosevelt High School. He served in the Army Ordnance Corps in Europe during World War II. He was a Kensington resident.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Dorothea Preil Burton of Kensington; two children, Chris Burton of the Montclair community in Prince William County and Priscilla DeMilt of Olney; four grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.
-- Adam Bernstein