Mary Fowler Sullivan Burnett

Mary Fowler Sullivan Burnett, 83, resident of Orchard Drive in Fayetteville, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Donalson Health Care in Fayetteville.éFuneral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Van Johnson officiating.é Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant.é The family will visit with friends Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.éMemorials may be made to Fayetteville First Baptist Church, 210 North Elk Street, Fayetteville 37334.é Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com.éBorn in Nashville, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Fowler Sullivan and Mary Taylor Holt Sullivan and a graduate of West End High School in Nashville.é Mrs. Burnett was a long-time member of Fayetteville First Baptist Church.éShe was married December 19, 1948 to William Porter Burnett, Jr. of Mt. Pleasant.é Their marriage spanned 48 years until his death August 23, 1996.éSurvivors include a daughter, Anna Boyd Burnett Noles of Fayetteville; a son, William Porter "Bill" Burnett, III of Nashville; grandchildren, Bonnie Burnett Noles of Fayetteville and William Holt Burnett of Memphis; a great-grandchild, William Holden Burnett of Alton, Illinois; several nieces and nephews.éShe was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Allen Sullivan and an aunt and uncle, Margaret Holt and Dr. D. B. Andrews.éPallbearers are Jerry White, David White, Andy White, Al White, William Massey, and Ray Hibler.é