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