Paul Burns

Fernandina Beach business and civic leader Paul Burns died Monday, May 5.

By AMELIA A. HART
amelia.hart@mynassausun.com

Paul Burns, a pillar of the Fernandina Beach business community, has died at the age of 86.

Burns, who founded Paul Burns Insurance and Real Estate in 1946, died Monday.

Burns went on to help found a number of business institutions, including the Amelia Island/Nassau County Board of Realtors, First Coast Community Bank and the Fernandina Beach Chamber of Commerce.

He served as a City Commissioner as well as with a number of civic organizations, including
the Jaycees, Kiwanis, Amelia Lodge No. 47, and the Shrine Club.

Before her death in 2004, Burns was married to Fernandina native Annie Partin for 61 years.

Funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

For more on Burn’s life and legacy, see Saturday’s My Nassau Sun.