Nellie Elizabeth

Burnett

Nellie Elizabeth Burnett daughter of the late Laura Biggs Barr and William Ellis Barr was born in Bunker, Missouri, on May 28, 1922. She departed this life at Salem Care Center in Salem, Missouri, on December 13, 2010, having attained the age of 88 years, six months and 15 days.

On April 2, 1941 in Centerville, Missouri, Nellie was united in marriage to Reamy Burnett and to this loving union four children were born. Nellie was a Charter Member of the Sugar Tree Gove Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school. Her hobbies included working crossword puzzles, quilting, and reading. Nellie loved working in the church and she helped with meals on wheels. She was a great cook and she had a generous heart. Nellie's greatest joy was spending time with her family especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Nellie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Ralph and Jim Barr, seven sisters, Alice, Virgie, Ruth, Jessie, Geneva, Nedra and Grace.

Nellie is survived by two sons, Charles Burnett and wife Brenda of Bunker, Missouri, Richard Burnett and wife Lola of Opelika, Alabama, two daughters, Linda Ann Moody and husband Bill of Clairmore, Oklahoma, Rebecca Lynn Parker of Eufaula, Oklahoma, four grandchildren, Cherrie, Rona, Megan and Mark, five great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Calvin, Clinton, Ryan and Ashley, and one great-great-grandson, Caleb, three brothers, John Barr of Colchester, Connecticut, Bill Barr of Flint, Michigan, Oren Barr of Salem, Missouri, and one sister, Polly Yordi of Minnesota. Nellie will be deeply missed by a host of relatives and many friends who will mourn her passing.


Visitation: Thursday, December 16th at 10 A.M. McSpadden Funeral Home, Bunker, MO

Funeral services: Thursday, December 16th at 1 P.M. McSpadden Funeral Home

Minister: Chad Wisdom

Music: Juanita May and Cari May

Burial: Burnett Cemetery

Pallbearers:

Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Bunker, MO

In lieu of flowers: Sugar Tree Grove Baptist Church