Martha Telitha was born on October the 11th 1915 in Covington Georgia to Francis Benjamin and Lucy Ann Minerva Jane Rudeseal Canup. She had 4 brother's Claud William, Herbert Henry, Virgil, Hulon Thomas and 3 sister's Ludie Veatrice, Winnie Ophelia and Velma Josephine. She married William Edward Burney and had X children. Joan, Martha Janie, Agnus Fay, William Edward Jr, Patsy Lee, Robert Eugene, Gladys Kay, Connie Sue and Alfred Wayne. Martha was a devoted Christian and loved life and her family.