Juliette K. Burton (AUGUSTA, Ga.)

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Entered into rest Sunday, April 19, 2009 at University Hospital, Mrs. Juliette K. Burton of Royal Street. Mrs. Burton was a faithful member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she served on the Red Rose Auxiliary and the Sanctuary Choir Ministries. She was a licensed funeral director of Dent's Undertaking Establishment. Juliette was a very generous and compassionate person who served her community as a businesswoman. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. from Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1223 Laney Walker Boulevard, with Reverend Charles E. Goodman, Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Olga B. McKinnon; one son, Bruce Bates; two grandsons, Andre Bates and A'Dante McKinnon; two sisters, Thomasina Ketch and Velvie Ketch-Washington; two stepmothers, Lucille Ketch and Velvie B. Ketch; one sister-in-law, Faye Ketch; one brother-in-law, Thomas Washington; two nephews, G. B. Hannan and Thomas Ketch, III; four nieces, Neidra K. Demery, AdriAnne Washington, April Washington and Ashley Washington; four godsons, Chris Butler, Leonard Starks, Wendell Wilds and Sean Williams and a host of other relatives and devoted friends. **Pallbearers are Roosevelt Abrams, Ricky Daggett, Kevin Mack, Darryl Mayle, Kenneth Stallings, Leonard Starks, Ralph Utley, Anthony Williams. Honorary pallbearers are licensed funeral directors of Dent's Undertaking Establishment, The Eighth District Georgia Funeral Service Practitioners Association, The Haines Alumni Association, The Debonaires, The Augusta Chapter of Links, The Women Civic Club and The Sand Hill Community Center. W. H. Mays Mortuary, 1221 James Brown Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 722-6401.

The Augusta Chronicle-April 22, 2009