---Source: Paducah, KY newspaper. Mrs. Burnett, 87, Dies; Rites set. Mrs. Ora Elliott Burnett, 87, Paducah Route 2, Olivet Church Rd.,died at 2:15 P.M. Friday at Paducah Convalescent Center.
Born in Graves County, Mrs. Burnett was the daughter of Addison and Mrs. Nannie Elliott, a pioneer Graves County family. She was the widow of James W. Burnett, who died in 1965. Mrs. Burnett was a member of Massac Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, James Elliott and Milton Ray Burnett, both of Detroit, MI; five daughters, Mrs. Harold Hall, Mrs. Carl Osborne,Mrs. Earl Rust, all of Paducah, and Mrs. James Johns and Mrs. Ruth Egner of Detroit, MI; a brother, Marvin Elliott, Paducah; 19 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday at Lindsey Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Cave Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
---Source: KY Death Index: Ora E. Burnett, Certificate # 07460, Death vol. 72, McCracken Co., KY.

1. Photo of Ora Burnett - 1960
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2. Photo of Ora Atwood Elliott - 1910
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3. Ora's headstone at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery - photo courtesy of Phillip Dean Egner.
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• Married: 22 NOV 1905 in Lowes, Ballard Co., KY

1. James Elliott BURNETT b: 27 NOV 1907 in Lovelaceville, Ballard Co., KY
2. Marie Atwood BURNETT b: 3 NOV 1909 in Lone Oak, McCracken Co., KY
3. Mary Lawrence BURNETT b: 6 APR 1912 in Lone Oak,McCraken Co., KY
4. Dorothy Jane BURNETT b: 7 FEB 1915 in Lone Oak, McCracken Co., Ky
5. Milton Ray BURNETT b: 20 OCT 1919 in Paducah,McCraken Co., KY
6. Ruth Virginia BURNETT b: 17 MAR 1922 in Palestine, W. Paducah, McCraken Co., KY
7. Kathryn Anita BURNETT b: 13 FEB 1924 in Paducah, McCracken Co., KY