Obituary: Martin Grady Burnett, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526

Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, June 23, 1982
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           Martin Grady Burnett

   Services for Grady Burnett, 72, of Gaars Mill Community were held at
2 p.m., Monday, in Friendship Baptist Church near Sikes with Rev.
Kenneth Tarver and Jack Head officiating.

   Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Southern
Funeral Home of Winnfield
.
   Mr. Burnett died Sunday, June 29, 2982 in the local hospital after a
short illness.

   He was a native of Winn Parish, a school bus driver and a member of
the Friendship Baptist Church where he was a deacon and church clerk.

   Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lessie W. Burnett of Gaars Mill; two
sons, Glen Burnett of New Orleans, Ray Burnett of Gaars Mill; three
daughters, Mrs. Lois B. Hood of New Orleans, Mrs. Beth B. Mock of New
Orleans, Mrs. Dianne B. Pennington of Sikes; a brother Ivy Burnett of
Camden Arkansas; four sisters, Alma Jones of West Monroe, Ila Frazier of
Goldonna, Zula Avera of Sarepta and Nola Manasco of Hattiesburg,
Mississippi; eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

(NOTE: For clarity, I have corrected a name, minor mistakes in grammer,
and spelling. Otherwise, article is as first printed.)