Donald Edward Burnette, Sr., age 76, of Carriere passed awayThursday, May 8, 2008 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 13th at 2:00 p.m. at Picayune Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Harry Burge and Bro. Brad Miles officiating. Visitation will be at Picayune Funeral Home Monday, May 12th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Burial will be in Lee's Chapel #1 Cemetery.
Donald was a pipe fitter/welder, a member of the Pipefitters Union #72, a U.S. Army Veteran, a Mason, and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.
He is survived by three sons, Donald Burnette, Jr., Curtis Glen Burnette, and David Wayne Burnette, Sr., all of Carriere; brother, Leonard Curtis Burnette of Buena Vista, CA; sister, Audrey M. Stone of Carriere; fourteen grandchildren; and sixteen great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Fannie Burnette and two brothers, George Allen Burnette and William Eugene Burnette.