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Burnett

CAMERON—Betty Gene Burnett, 94, of Cameron died Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in a Cameron nursing and rehabilitation center. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 12, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron.

Ms. Burnett was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Cameron to Lee Barbee and Abbie Eugene (Batte) Shipp.

She graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and had worked at Milam Grain for many years.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cameron.

Survivors are a son, Richard Burnett and wife Teresa of Cameron; three daughters, Becky Goeke and husband Bill of Cameron, Brenda Fox of Waco, Patricia Boynton and husband Jim of Salado; a brother, Richard Eldon Batte of Fort Collins, Colorado; a half-brother, W.L. “Bill” Shipp of Houston; and her long-time love and companion, J.L. Kirk of Cameron; also, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Betty Gene Burnett

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