Betty Gene Burnett

Betty Gene Burnett, 94, of Cameron died Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in a Cameron nursing and rehabilitation center.  

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Ms. Burnett was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Cameron to Lee Barbee and Abbie Eugene (Batte) Shipp.  She graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and had worked at Milam Grain for many years.  She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cameron.  

She is survived by: son, Richard Burnett and wife Teresa of Cameron; daughters, Becky Goeke and husband Bill of Cameron, Brenda Fox of Waco, and Patricia Boynton and husband Jim of Salado; brother, Richard Eldon Batte of Fort Collins, Colo.; half-brother, W.L. “Bill” Shipp of Houston; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; and her long time love and companion, J.L. Kirk of Cameron.

Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron is in charge of arrangements.