Mrs. Lynnette Ann Burnette, 69, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on April 2, 2021 at WakeMed Hospital in Cary, NC. She was the daughter of the late Gaylen Edward Doak and Wilma Joyce Smith Doak. Lynnette was born November 19, 1951 in Norfolk, NE. She was baptized August 10, 1952 at Methodist Church, Big Springs, Deuel County, NE. She was confirmed May 8, 1966. She attended the public schools of Country School (Elementary), and was a graduate of Big Springs High School in 1970, a graduate of Sandhills Community College with an Associates in General Education and an Associates in Respiratory Therapy in August 1984, and a graduate of Strayer University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in June 2012. She was united in matrimony to William Randall Burnette in September of 1973. This union was blessed with 2 children.

Lynnette was a loving mother who retired after working for 36 years as a Respiratory Therapist at many major hospitals around the country in locations including Barrow, AK; Arkansas; Indiana; Boston, MA; Baltimore MD; North Carolina; Minot, ND; Las Vegas, NV; New York; Seattle, WA; Virginia; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She loved to travel, and visited different places around the US, South America, and Europe for work and leisure. She loved to dance and took dance classes regularly. Her hobbies included shopping, cosmetology, floral arranging, and basket weaving among other things. She was a lifelong learner, and always in pursuit of education. In addition to Sandhills C.C. and Strayer University, she attended classes at several other colleges including Cottey College and Harvard.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Her life will forever be cherished in the lives of her children, Vanessa Lynn Burnette of Fayetteville, NC; Scott (Sanantanita) Burnette of Raleigh, NC; one grandchild; brother, Ronald Doak of Reno, NV; sister, Susan Tiffin of Cashion, OK; brother, Spencer Hertje of Windham, NH; one nephew; and a host of devoted cousins and friends.