Obituary for Ethel Boone (Burnette)
Mother Ethel Lee Burnette Boone, 85, of Jesup, GA passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020 at Altamaha Nursing Home, following a brief illness. She was born on June 21, 1935 to the late, Robert Frank Burnette, Jr. and Dora Bell Reynolds-Burnette in Jeffersonville, GA. She received her primary education in Twiggs County. Mother Ethel Boone was the wife of Thomas Eugene Boone. Her work history includes that of Van's Cleaners, Hickory Manufacturing and she worked as a Bus Aide for Wayne County Board of Education for many years.
Mother Boone was a life long member and District Mother of St. John First Born Holiness Church and served in many capacities within the church, to include, the President of the Ushers Union, President of Brunswick Ushers Union and President and Treasurer of the Usher Board. Mother Boone was very active and enjoyed exercising, advising others, baking, spending time with her family, but she put everything into serving the Lord. Second to serving the Lord, she loved being a loving mother to everyone that needed her. If you were lucky enough to had ever tasted her cakes, you would have had to agree that her German Chocolate and Pound Cakes were her specialty. She was a baker at heart. Mother Boone will forever be remembered for being a Prayer Warrior and she could raise a hymn second to none. She certainly had an anointed calling on her life and she served accordingly.
Mother Boone was preceded in death by both parents, Robert and Dora Burnette, her children, Margo Boone and David Earl Boone; her siblings, Willie Pearl Lee, Anne Diane Brown and Charles Burnette.
She leaves to cherish her memory: her loving husband, Thomas Eugene Boone, Jesup, GA.; her daughter, Cynthia Boone-Hudson, Newport News, VA.; her sisters, Robin Rouse and Ida Bell McClinton, both of Jeffersonville, GA, Dora (John) Griffin, Cary, NC and Connie (Darryl) Cornelius, Macon, GA; her brothers, Andrew (Jakie) Burnette, Ft. Wayne, IN, Hope Burnette, Patterson, NJ, David and Robert Burnette, both of Jeffersonville, GA; her sisters in-law, Eddie Mae Burns, Savannah, GA, and Margaret Boone, Jesup, GA; eight grandchildren, Kenyona Boone, Newport News, VA, Jeramicca Boone, Atlanta, GA, Tavarious Myles, Midway, GA, Jasmine Boone (Harry) Youngblood, Clarksville, TN, SSGT. David Boone, Waynesville, Missouri, Deonte' Boone and Darin Boone, both of Clarksville, TN and Da’von Hudson, Newport News, VA.; and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, church family and friends that will miss her dearly.
A walk thru viewing will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Royal Funeral Home Chapel, from 12 noon until 6 pm.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m., at Jesup City Cemetery.
* A reminder of precautions to be taken amid the Corona Virus. We ask that if you have plans of attending services, masks are required and adhere to the 6ft distancing rule set by the CDC and local health officials.
Mother Boone was a life long member and District Mother of St. John First Born Holiness Church and served in many capacities within the church, to include, the President of the Ushers Union, President of Brunswick Ushers Union and President and Treasurer of the Usher Board. Mother Boone was very active and enjoyed exercising, advising others, baking, spending time with her family, but she put everything into serving the Lord. Second to serving the Lord, she loved being a loving mother to everyone that needed her. If you were lucky enough to had ever tasted her cakes, you would have had to agree that her German Chocolate and Pound Cakes were her specialty. She was a baker at heart. Mother Boone will forever be remembered for being a Prayer Warrior and she could raise a hymn second to none. She certainly had an anointed calling on her life and she served accordingly.
Mother Boone was preceded in death by both parents, Robert and Dora Burnette, her children, Margo Boone and David Earl Boone; her siblings, Willie Pearl Lee, Anne Diane Brown and Charles Burnette.
She leaves to cherish her memory: her loving husband, Thomas Eugene Boone, Jesup, GA.; her daughter, Cynthia Boone-Hudson, Newport News, VA.; her sisters, Robin Rouse and Ida Bell McClinton, both of Jeffersonville, GA, Dora (John) Griffin, Cary, NC and Connie (Darryl) Cornelius, Macon, GA; her brothers, Andrew (Jakie) Burnette, Ft. Wayne, IN, Hope Burnette, Patterson, NJ, David and Robert Burnette, both of Jeffersonville, GA; her sisters in-law, Eddie Mae Burns, Savannah, GA, and Margaret Boone, Jesup, GA; eight grandchildren, Kenyona Boone, Newport News, VA, Jeramicca Boone, Atlanta, GA, Tavarious Myles, Midway, GA, Jasmine Boone (Harry) Youngblood, Clarksville, TN, SSGT. David Boone, Waynesville, Missouri, Deonte' Boone and Darin Boone, both of Clarksville, TN and Da’von Hudson, Newport News, VA.; and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, church family and friends that will miss her dearly.
A walk thru viewing will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Royal Funeral Home Chapel, from 12 noon until 6 pm.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m., at Jesup City Cemetery.
* A reminder of precautions to be taken amid the Corona Virus. We ask that if you have plans of attending services, masks are required and adhere to the 6ft distancing rule set by the CDC and local health officials.