Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Mary Francis Parker Burnett 1976

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Obituary of Mary Francis Parker Burnett 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 14 Jan 1976.  


Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, 11 Jan 1976, at 
the Pebble City Baptist Church for Mrs. Mary Francis (Mamie) Parker Burnett, wife of 
the late Silas Burnett, who preceded her in death by about two weeks.  Officiating at the 
services was Rev W. F. Dyches, former missionary of the Tucker Baptist Association and 
Rev Kenneth Sirmans, pastor of Pebble City Baptist Church.  Interment followed in the 
church cemetery with Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla in charge of 
arrangements.  Serving as pallbearers were seven of Mrs. Burnett's grandsons.  Mrs. 
Burnett passed away early Saturday morning, 10 Jan 1976, after a short illness at the 
Mitchell County Hospital. She was a native of Mitchell County.  She was born 9 Mar 
1892, and was 83 years of age.  Mrs. Burnett had lived for many years in the Pebble City 
section of the county.  On 22 Dec 1912 she was happily married to the late Mr. Silas F. 
Burnett who preceded her in death on 30 Dec 1975.  They had just celebrated their sixty-
third wedding anniversary recently.  Her parents were the late A. J. Parker and Fannie 
Williams Parker.  She was a member of the Pebble City Baptist Church.  One son, Henry 
Theron Burnett of Quincy, Fla., preceded her in death on 24 Apr 1963.  Survivors include 
four sons, James H. Burnett of Camilla, Willis Burnett of Quincy, Fla., Buddy Burnett of 
Dublin, Ga. and Charles Burnett of Albany; three brothers, Marvin and Burnice Parker of 
Moultrie and Enoch Parker of Madison, Fla., two sisters, Mrs. Cora Bell Brazel of 
Moultrie and Mrs. Rosa Lee Tucker of Miami, Fla.  The Burnett family was very close 
knit and there are eleven grandchildren who survive.  they are Kathy Burnett Hays of 
Baconton, Ga.; Patricia Burnett Clemmons of Columbia, S. C.; Martha Jane Huey 
Bateman of Houston, Tx.; Betty Burnett Suber of Quincy, Fla., Stanley Huey of Camilla 
and Gerald Burnett of Hosford, Fla; Lee Burnett of Meigs; Hank Burnett of Tallahassee, 
Fla; and Jeff Burnett.  Thirteen great grandchildren survive.  They include Carol Lynn 
Clemmons of Columbia, S. C., Sheryl Ann Burnett of Quincy, Fla; Martin Wayne 
Bateman Jr of Houston, Tx.; Alice Kathleen Hays of Baconton; William Stanley Huey III 
of Camilla; Jennifer Leigh Hays of Baconton; Leslie Rackley of Meigs; James Shannon 
Huey of Camilla; Lisa Ann Burnett of Quincy Fla.; James Leo Bateman of Houston, Tx.; 
Vivian Page Burnett of Meigs; William Benjamin Bateman of Houston, Tx.; and Marcy 
Leann Burnett of Albany.