Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick

Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick

Velma Frederick Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from May 22 to May 26, 2021.
Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick

September 4, 1919 - October 25, 2019

RURAL RETREAT, Va.

Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick, age 100, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Carrington Place at Rural Retreat.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Frederick; children, Gary Lee Burnett and Michael Clifton Burnett; granddaughter, Tammy Lyn King; parents, four sisters, and one brother.

Velma is survived by her daughter, Judy Burnett King and husband, Ralph, of Rural Retreat, Va., and Patsy Burnett Akers and husband, Charles, of Dublin, Va.; son, John William Burnett and wife, Leigh Ann, of Rural Retreat, Va.; brother, Dennis Allison and wife, Sherril, of Austinville, Va.; two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, five great great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Rural Retreat Volunteer Emergency Service, P.O. Box 111, Rural Retreat, VA 24368, or the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 238, Rural Retreat, VA 24368.

Graveside services will be held Sunday, May 30, 2021, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Mitchell Methodist Church Cemetery, 4918 Stony Fork Road, Wytheville, Va., with the Reverend Daniel Beshon officiating.

To share memories of Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick, please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Velma's family has been entrusted to Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion VA 23454.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Seaver Brown Funeral Home

237 East Main Street Box 427, Marion, VA 24354-3131

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