Person:Marie Lockett (1)

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Marie Opal Lockett
  • HNaud Burnett1879 - 1969
  • WMarie Opal Lockett1885 - 1938
m. 15 Jun 1919
Facts and Events
Name[1] Marie Opal Lockett
Gender Female
Birth[1] 22 Oct 1885 Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marriage 15 Jun 1919 Grayson County, Texas(his 2nd wife; no issue)
to Naud Burnett
Death[1] 19 Sep 1938 Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
Burial[1] Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2.   Greenville (Texas) Messenger
    p. 7, 22 Sep 1938.

    MRS. NAUD BURNETT VICTIM OF PARALYSIS

    Mrs. Naud Burnett, 52, died at a local hospital Monday night, following a stroke of paralysis Monday afternoon.

    Formerly Miss Opal Lockett, Mrs. Burnett, a native of East Texas, born at Jefferson October 22, 1885, came to Greenville when a young woman and for some years was in the office of the Greenville Cotton Oil Mill. She was a most efficient office worker and made friends of those with whom she came in contact.

    In 1920 she was married to Naud Burnett.

    A most capable woman and a devout Christian, she had long been a member of Kavanaugh Church and as loved by all whom she contacted.

    As a young woman rhe [sic] mothered neices [sic] and developed wonderful ability as a mother in caring for orphaned children before her marriage to Mr. Burnett and had been a wonderful mother to step-children in the Burnett home.

    She is survived by her husband and six step-children: Elliott and Pat Burnett and Mrs. Johnny Hudspeth, of Greenville; Mrs. Clennon Hemsell, Amarillo; Mrs. Leo Parks, Shreveport, and Mrs. Cornelius Nevill, of Cisco.

    Two nieces that were much like her own children: Mrs. A.B. Stephenson and Mrs. Frank Cain, of Greenville.