Mary Evelyn Burnette, 78, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, September 23, 2012. She was born in Barney, Georgia to the late Paul and Maybell (Coward) Ratliff but had moved to Watertown and then lived the rest of her life here in Lake City, Florida. She was a caring mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved her family and her church deeply. She was a faithful member of Pine Grove Baptist Church and a very Christian Lady. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Owen, Cecil, & Bennie Ratliff; sister, Bessie L. Jackson; daughter, Dianne Wood; grandchildren, Lucy A. Wood, Barbara Smith and Johnny Silas,
and her husband J.C. Burnette.
Survivors include her son, James Burnette (Marjorie) of Old Town, FL; daughters, Patricia Nichols & Emma Thomas both of Lake City, FL; brother, David Ratliff (Betty) of Lake City, FL; sister, Maude Hardee of Live Oak, FL; 14 grandchildren,
21 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2012 in the chapel at Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Pastor Randy Ogburn officiating.
Interment will follow in Sardis-Carter Cemetery in Lake Park, Georgia. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to service time (11:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.)
GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 South U.S. Hwy 441, Lake City, FL 32025, (386) 752-1954. Is in charge of arrangements. Please leave words of comfort for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com