Christine Pratt Penny Burnette, of Laurinburg passed to her Heavenly home at the age of 76 on Monday, December 31, 2012.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the East Laurinburg Church of God with burial following at Scotland Cemetery.   Rev. Jeffery McGirt will be officiating the services.  
Christine was born May 7, 1936 in Hartsville, South Carolina, a daughter of the late George W. and Alma McLean Pratt.  She was the beloved wife to the late Roy Penny and her second husband, the late Eugene “Gene” Burnette.  She retired from Abbott Laboratories after many years of service.   Christine was a faithful, longtime and active member of the East Laurinburg Church of God.   She served in the Women’s Ministry and always tried to help in the Church where needed, especially cooking her collards.   She also enjoyed traveling and being with her family and friends. In addition to her parents and husbands, she was also preceded in death by brothers, Frank Pratt, George D. Pratt and a sister, Norma Reames.
Christine is survived by a daughter, Janet G. Scott of Laurinburg; sisters, Beatrice Killingworth of Mullins, SC, Vickie Ward of Shallotte, NC, Lillie Coward of Latta, SC, Margaret Strickland of Waldorf, MD; grandchildren, Heather Lynn Scott and Ashley Brooks Scott both of Laurinburg; several nieces and nephews; her special friends, Peggy Hulon Strickland, Judy Wallace, Shirley Williams all of Laurinburg, Junior Lowery of Rowland and her church family. Visitation was from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2012 at the East Laurinburg Church of God.
Christine requested that memorial donations be made in her memory to the East Laurinburg Church of God, P.O. Box 1954, Laurinburg, NC  28353. Services entrusted to Richard Boles Funeral Service.