Obituary of Velma Elizabeth Burnett Frederick

RURAL RETREAT, Va.

VELMA ELIZABETH BURNETT FREDERICK, age 100, passed away 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, PO Box 111, Rural Retreat, Va. 24368 or to the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department, PO 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 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.