More detail on this person: NEWPORT NEWS- Retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Desmon
Franklin Burnette, 65, died Friday, June 23, 1995. He was a native of Cascades and had been a
Peninsula resident since 1968.
He was a member of the First Christian Church in Danville. Mr. Burnette was an Army pilot, retiring
in 1970 after 23 years' service. During his Army career, he was awarded the National Defense Service
Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Armed
Forces Reserve Medal, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Antarctica Service Medal and the Air Medal with
two Oak Leaf Clusters. He also retired from the Virginia ABC Board in 1990 after 20 years of service
He is survived by his wife, Doris E. Burnette; two sons, Bobby W. Burnette of Grafton and Michael F.
Burnette of Newport News; one daughter, Linda B. Yoder of Newport News; two sisters, Anne P. Walton
of Sutherlin and Addie L. Oakes of Ridgeway; three granddaughters and one grandson.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of W.J. Smith and Son Funeral
Home with Rev. Gerald W. Showalter officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Park. Visitation
will be Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the W.J. Smith and Son Funeral Home.
Burial information: Parklawn Memorial Park
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