Ruby Burnette

Canton-Mrs. Ruby Lee Clontz Burnette, age 86 of 2313 Kingston Road NE, Rome, Georgia, died Thursday, December 4, 2003, in a Rome hospital following an extended illness.

Mrs. Burnette was born April 23, 1917 in Canton, NC, daughter of the late Riley and Eva Henson Clontz. She had spent the greater part of her life in Canton, NC. She was educated in the Noah's Chapel and Morning Star Schools. She was a homemaker and a member of the Frances Asbury United Methodist Church. She was married to the late Sebal I. Burnette who preceded her in death in 1969. She loved to read and spent many hours doing so. She also loved her flowers and her family. She was also preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Eston, Roy and Eldon Clontz, Floy Pope, Ardell Cook, Elsie Johnson and Belle Burnette.

Survivors include her daughter and son in law, Shirley and Harold Bradburn of Rome, GA, a sister, Valerie Mathis of Candler, NC, grandsons, Jamie Bradburn of Rome, GA, Tony and his wife Beth Bradburn of Sarasota, FL, great granddaughters, Cherie and Sarah Bradburn, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Lee Burnette will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 7, 2003 in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Homes in Canton, NC. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Enka. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

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