Janelle K Burnette

BURNETTE, JANELLE KELLY – A resident of Montgomery, Alabama, and a former resident of Titus, Alabama, died October 26,2026. A celebration of her life will be held on October 31, 2026, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Leak Memory Chapel. Interment will follow at Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery in Titus, AL. Her legacy was her FAITH in GOD, HOPE for WORLD PEACE, and LOVE for GOD, family, friends, and people in general. During her world travels, she never met a stranger. The highlight of her travels was the flight on the Concorde from New York to London with her sister Kelly Dixon on their birthday.

Mrs. Burnette was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth Lamar and Bera Arant Kelly; her husband, William Jesse Burnette, Sr.; two sons, William (Bill) Jesse Burnette, Jr. and James Kenneth (Ken) Burnette; sister Lamana Kelly Dixon and brother-in-law, General Robert James (Bob) Dixon. Mrs. Burnette is survived by two granddaughters, Jenny Lynn Burnette and Jackie Danielle Burnette, both of Greenville, MS; three great granddaughters, Haley Elizabeth, Jessie Renee, and Emilee Cheyenne; two great grandsons, Jerel Tyler (J.T.) and Jonathan Trevor; two nieces, Mary Lucinda (Cindy) Dixon, Denver, CO and Kelly Lee Dixon Cooper (William), Sonoma, CA; two nephews, Thomas (Tom) F. Dixon (Linda), Boise, ID and Roland C. Dixon, Bellevue, CO; three great nieces, Hillary Dixon, Portland, OR, Charlotte Marie Cooper and Emma Jane Cooper, both of Sonoma, CA; and one great nephew, Adam Hariman Dixon, Portland, OR.

Mrs. Burnette has a special extended loving family. They are Patrick Ian McIntire, Greenville, MS; Cindi Reagan Smith (Malcolm), Carrollton, TX; Jennifer Vanderschoor (Craig), and Branden Vanderschoor, Houston, TX; Major (Ret.) Jeff Golliver, Navarre, FL; Hunter Rosen, Navarre, FL; Donald Bullock, Titus, AL; and Joe Thornton (Laura), Prattville, AL. Over the years, many of the adopted have passed on and were military. She had many, many loving family friends that supported her through the rough times.

Mrs. Burnette was a retired civil service employee working with the U.S. Postal Service 11 years before transferring and retiring with over 33 years with the U.S. Government (U.S.A.F.) Maxwell-Gunter Annex. She was a member of Dalraida Baptist Church and Carolyn Phelps Sunday School Class. Mrs. Burnette taught a Bible study at the Angels for the Elderly Assisted Living Facility for many years. She was a member of the following organizations: Montgomery Charter Chapter of American Business Women’s Association for 41 years, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, New Era Literary Club, Capital City Task Force (AARP) working with legislature, as well as a Charter Patron member of the Touchstone Society, Jackson Hospital Foundation.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Dalraida Baptist Church, Jackson Hospital Foundation, Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation at 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 325, Bethesda, MD 20817, The Baptist Foundation of Alabama at P.O. Box 24127, Montgomery, AL 36124-1227, or to a favorite charity.

The family will received friends on October 31, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Leak Memory Chapel.