Mr. Paul Bryant Burkett
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Posted by: Ward Wilson
Date: Mar 17 2014 3:39 PM
Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory
2414 Hartford Highway
Dothan, Alabama 36305
334-792-4194
Paul Bryant Burkett of Pansey, AL died at his home March 15, 2014 at the age of 97.
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He is survived by his son Rodney Burkett (wife Brenda) from Pansey, and two daughters Barbara Ann Lange (husband Tim) from Allen, TX, and Paula Jean Ray (husband Randy) from Garland, TX, grandsons Victor and Mitchell Burkett of Pansey, James Daniel Martin (TX), granddaughters Jennifer Burkett of Pansey, Debbie Zimmerman (TX), Laura Payne (TX), Natalie Parnell (TX) and one sister, Henrietta Burkett Cetas from Riverhead, LI, New York, great-granddaughter (Delaney Parnell), great-grandsons (Shane Weimer, James Thomas Martin, Austin Paul Martin, and Conner Parnell) and many nieces and nephews.
He is predeceased by his parents, his first wife, Emma Gene Reynolds Burkett, his second wife, Mae Dean Ethridge Burkett, five siblings and a great-granddaughter, Chloe Michelle Burkett.
Mr. Burkett was born March 7, 1917 in Dothan, AL to Cornelia Kitching Burkett and Bryant Foster Burkett. In the eleventh grade he went to Alabama School of Trade where he learned the sheet metal business. He worked several years in California and Texas before returning to Dothan, AL where he worked at a local metal shop. Mr. Burkett then went to Charleston, SC where he worked in the Naval Ship Yard until he retired.
The memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Ward Wilson Funeral Home with Reverend Coley M. Holloway from Liberty Baptist Church in Pansey officiating. Visitation will be from 1-2 P.M. Burial will be at Dothan City Cemetery.
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