Jeanette graduated Little Rock High School and worked part time in her grandmother’s fur shop. She was President of the Home Demonstration Club and East End PTA. She taught Sunday school for over fifty years. She was a millinery instructor and taught piano lessons for over forty years, she was an immaculate seamstress and an avid reader. Jeanette had made clothes for her daughter’s piano and organ teacher in exchange for lessons. She was a lifetime member of East Union Baptist Church.
Jeanette is preceded in death by her father, mother, husband of 69 years, Ralph E. Burris, and one daughter, Lynn Burris Forbush. She is survived by her son, Ronnie (Janice) Burris of Little Rock; one daughter, Arnette Howard of East End; grandson, Randy (Melissa) Burris of Sebastian, Florida; granddaughters Missy (Robert) Roling of Little Rock; Kristy (Andy) Baumgardner, DJ Goolsby, Lyndsey (Allen) Johnson, and Tandra Griffis all of East End; ten Great-Grandchildren and one Great-great Granddaughter. She remained close with three sister in loves- Kathryn States; Sue Burris and Jane Smith, many nieces and nephews, special cousins Joe and Mickey McKinstry and her caregiver for the past two years, Stacey Fee along with a host of friends.
Visitation will be Friday, June 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at East Union Baptist Church, Springlake Road, East End, Arkansas. Service will be Saturday, June 2 at 11 am at East Union Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Salem Cemetery in East End.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Salem Cemetery or East Union Baptist Church.
