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www.childers-shepherd.org, 19 Sep 2010
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John Coleman "Comer" Burnette   +   Lillie Lou Bergie Shepherd
       1879   -   1937                                            1878    -    1961
          Bunc Co NC                                                         Yancey Co NC    Bunc Co NC
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         Essie Caroline Burnette (Brownlow Arthur Buckner), 1900 - 1975
         Addie Burnette 1901 - 1904
         Serena Rivers Burnette (Basher Lee Kepley), 1903 - 1973
         Kelly Burnette  1904 - 1904
         William Cecil Burnette (Louise Adams), 1906 - 2007
         Harriet C. Burnette (Carlos Tilden Thomas), 1908 - 1998
         Jessie Lee Burnette (Thomas), 1911 - 1979
         Mary Burnette (Roberts), 1914 - 1979
         Lillie Belle Burnette (Frank Thomas), 1915 - 1937
         Donald Luther Burnette (Virginia Wilson), 1918 - 2010
         John C. Burnette (Elsie Lambert), 1921 - 1998
         Bernice Burnette (William Arthur Myers, Jr.), 1923 - 2007
         

Sources: US Census records, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930;
NC Death Certificate, Lillie Sheppard Burnette, 1961;
NC Death Certificate, Surena Burnette Kepley, 1973;
NC Death Certificate, John Comer Burnett, 1937;
Grave Stones, Piney Mountain Baptist Church, Bunc Co NC;
Obituary Notice, John C. Burnette, Charleston WV Gazette, 1998;
Obituary Notice, Bernice Burnette Myers, Asheville Citizen, 2007
Obituary Notice, William Cecil Burnette, Asheville Citizen, 2007;  
Obituary Notice, Luther Burnette, Asheville Citizen, 2010.
Piney Mountain Baptist Church,
Bunc Co NC; photo by G. Dan
Taylor.