Sue Ann Burnett

Friday, July 26, 2013

Sue Ann Burnett, 59, Nevada, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin. She was born Sept. 16, 1953, to Howard R. Burnett Sr. and Mildred Ann Kist Burnett in Lexington, Mo.

Sue was raised in Kansas City, Mo., and attended Kansas City schools. She moved to Nevada in 1974, where she worked for Nevada City Hospital and later Nevada State Hospital for a number of years as a cook's assistant.

Survivors include two sisters, Sherry Burnett, Nevada, and Cynthia Caviness, Nevada; one brother, Billy Burnett, Independence, Mo.; two sons, Michael Burnett and Joseph Burnett, both of Nevada; and numerous nieces and nephews. Sue was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Junior Burnett.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, July 29, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with the Rev. Roger Beach officiating. Interment will follow in the Moore Cemetery, Nevada. Friends may call now until the hour of service with visitation to be held Sunday, July 28, from 4-6 p.m.

Contributions may be made to the family in care of Ferry Funeral Home,

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