Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Burnette, Howard Lee November 30, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net December 18, 2007, 7:48 am Mitchell News-Journal 12/12/2007 HOWARD LEE BURNETTE SPRUCE PINE - Howard Lee Burnette, 73, of Burnette Lane, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. He was the son of the late Plato and Mamie Self Burnette. He was also preceded in death by a brother, James Plato Burnette; and two sisters, Wanda Kay Burnette and Mabel Williams. He was a member, deacon, and Sunday School superintendent at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a supervisor at American Thread for 35 years. Survivors include his wife, Donna Lee Buchanan Burnette of the home; a son, Gregory Lee Burnette of Little Switzerland; a daughter, Christine Shepard of Burnsville; one brother, Johnny Ernest Burnette of Marion; and one granddaughter. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church. Revs. Vernon Buchanan and Royce Ball officiated. Burial followed in Burnette Cemetery. The family received friends from 2 p.m. until the service hour Sunday at the church. Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville assisted the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/b/burnette1292gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb