Mrs. Doris Faye Jones Burnett, age 82 of Gainesville, passed away on December 21, 2017 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel. Rev. Wayne Hicks, Rev. Mike Donough and Rev. Chris Pope will officiate. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00pm on Friday, December 22, 2017 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Burnett was born on September 26, 1935 in Trezevant, Tennessee to the late James Clyde Jones and the late Ruby Mae Fodge Jones. She was a member of New Haven Congregational Holiness Church and she attended the Senior Ladies Bible School class at Riverbend Baptist Church. Mrs. Burnett loved spending time with her family, working in her flower garden, and loved to listen to Christian music.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 56 years Thomas Harold Burnett, Sr. and by daughter Sherilyn Denise.
Mrs. Burnett is survived by her son, Thomas Harold Burnett Jr. of Pierre Part, LA, son, Anthony Scott Burnett of Gainesville, daughter and fiancé’, Teri Smith and Rev. Chris Pope of Gainesville, daughter and husband, Sharon and Scott Hensley of Gainesville, son and wife, Steven Christopher and Kris Burnett of Roswell, grandchildren, Mitchell Smith, Matthew Smith, Stephanie and Scott Key, LaTasha and Chad Smith, Andrea Hensley, Erik Smith, Patrick Hensley, and Kelly Burnett, and 5 great-grandchildren.
Online condolences can be made at www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com. Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel, 989 Riverside Drive, Gainesville, Georgia 30501. 770-297-6200