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GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - Charles Ray Burleson was one of the original members of South Butte Post 210, American Legion.  He helped form, and was the first adjutant of the Post, a position which he held for several years.  Burleson was son of William D Burleson and Frances Brace.  At age 2 he came to Gridley on the shoulders of his father to the Gridley Herald office where his father was hired as editor.  He enlisted in the Ground Corps of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in WW1 and served a year and a half in England.

Burleson became owner of and publisher of the Gridley Herald after his father who was hired as editor of the Gridley Herald. In 1960 he turned over the ownership to his son William “Bill” Burleson 1960, taking a less active role as publisher due to his health.

He was active in the Rotary Club for 25 years, past president of the community Club, member of the North Butte Lodge No. 230, Franklin Chapter 20, Royal Arch Masons, Oroville Commandery No. 5 Knights Templar and the Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine.