Obituaries:  Annie Belle Burkett, Sabine Parish       B-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 11, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Annie Belle Burkett

  Funeral services for Annie Belle Burkett, 86, were held at 2
p.m., Sunday, Jan., 8, at Fellowship Baptist Church in the Oak
Grove community near Converse.

  Rev. Marshall Ingle, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church,
officiated, and assisting was Rev. Billy Burkett, pastor of
Springhill Baptist Church. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery,
under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Burkett passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 1995, at DeSoto General
Hospital, following a brief illness.

  She was married to E. W. "Shorty" Burkett, who preceded her in
death 17 years ago. A loving mother and grandmother, Mrs. Burkett
was also preceded in death by a son, Ernest Wayne Burkett. She
had lost a sister, Mary Grice; and brother, Thomas Jones, several
years earlier.

  Survivors include her son, Will J. Burkett and wife Annie Jane
of Converse; grandchildren and great grandchildren; one sister,
Lucille Alexander of Gloster; two brothers, E. W. "Casey" Jones
of Converse, and Fred Jones of Baytown, Tex.; and sister-in-law,
Lucille Jones of Baton Rouge.

  Mrs. Burkett leaves to honor her memory, three grandsons, and
two granddaughters, Lynn Burkett and wife Kim of Converse, Ben
Burkett of Converse, Norman Burkett, and his sister, Sheila of
Provencal, Cathy Burkett Singletary and husband Tim of Converse,
and Carla Burkett Ebarb and husband Kevin of Leesville. She will
be sadly missed by loving great grandchildren, Ashley, Autumn,
and Adam Burkett, Dagan, and Gareth Singletary, and Kasee Jo, and
Nikki Burkett.