Beckham County, OK - Obits: Joseph J. Burnett, 1925
28 Oct 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BURNETT, JOSEPH J.
(9 Jul 1925, Sayre Journal, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Joe J. Burnett, a pioneer citizen of the Retrop vicinity in Washita county
died in the Mangum hospital, Saturday, June 20th, of blood poisoning.  He
was born August 24th, 1887, at Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Joe J. Burnett came to Granite, Oklahoma, from Tennessee in 1901, then to
Kiowa county in October of the same year.  In 1917 he moved to Washita
county and located near Retrop.  His wife died five months ago and he was
laid to rest beside his wife in the Retrop cemetery.
Mr. Burnett leaves in his immediate family, eight children:  Horace,
Esther, Wilber, Smith, Fred, Evelenna, Opal, May and Emma Joe, who are
stricken at the loss of their father.
Conscience guided every act of this noble pioneer.  He was strictly honest
in the service he rendered.  To man, woman and child he always extended a
cordial greeting that lent a ray of light to brighten their pathway in the
journey of life.  He commanded the respect of all sects and classes of
people, as the attendance at his funeral fully verified.  His convictions
were honest and sincere.  He was a good neighbor, a good friend and an
indulgent father.
Joe J. Burnett lived according to the light he had and died in the faith. 
No one was more willing to aid the suffering, cheer the desponding,
sustain the weak and to throw over the frailities (sic) of our race the
mantle of Christian charity, and when sickness and death came to him, as
it will come to all, many were the willing hands and hearts ready to
assist him upon whom rested the heavy responsibility of attempting to
fight back the ravages of disease, to avert the inevitable, but death had
placed its signet on his brow and today, hundreds who honored this man
alive, mourn him dead.
Thus, has passed on to that land from whence no traveler has returned,
another of our early settlers.  Some one has said, "death to the dead is
what life is to the living."  Our faith teaches us that the dead are happy
and in this great faith he believed.  The Book gives us assurance and all
nature operating in accordance with the Divine Law gives us the full
assurance that all is well.