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ATLANTA — Jon Burns has made a reputation as everyone’s friend during his 18 years in the Georgia House. “His father was involved in the wood industry, and I think he bought every piece of property he could when it was cheap,” said state Rep. Bill Hitchens, a fellow Effingham County Republican and friend of Burns’ father before his 2011 …