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J. Burnett II
John Burnett, II 1841-1922
Left dau. Janie Burnett Alderman 1884-1964
Right Winnie Burnett 1877-1964
Lived at Sanderson, Florida

J. Burnett II
John Burnett, III 1872-1953
son of John & Jane (Dunaway) Burnett

John Burnett
John Burnett 1872-1953 & Mittie Davis 1882-1968

J. Burnett III home
Home of John Burnett, III in Sanderson

J. Burnett & Roxie
Johnnie Burnett 1907-1990
Roxie Prevatt (wife) 1912-1993

Johnnie was Clerk of Court Baker Co. 1932-1940

Western Auto
Owned by J.A. Burnett 1941-1979

THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS, Thursday, July 30, 1981 Page Seven
By LaViece Smallwood

J.A. BURNETT recalls honeymoon 50 years ago
On occasion of Golden wedding anniversary

When Johnnie and Roxie Burnett celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary Sunday, July 26, at a reception in the Macclenny Women's Club, everyone was invited.

Feted by the couple's two children, Kathryn Louise Sands and John A. Burnett and nine grandchildren, scores of friends called throughout the afternoon to offer congratulations and reminisce with the life-long Baker County natives.

It was a hot summer day on July 25, 1931, when Johnnie Burnett, one of Baker County's most eligible bachelors, parked his Model "A" Ford couple in front of the Citizens Bank of Macclenny and went inside to take out a $75 loan.

He came out a married man.

Burnett, then a $60 a month county school teacher, said that the banker, Johnny Dugger, was a good friend and notary public.

The bride, accompanied only by her father, was Roxie Prevatt, his sweetheart of two years.

Fifty years later, Burnett reflects on that eventful day.

"Times have changed a lot since that day," he said recently as he sat in the comfort of his home on South Sixth Street in Macclenny.

"Back then weddings were no real big deal," he said.

The young couple left immediately for a two week tour of the nation's capitol in Washington D.C.

"And I think I even had $110 left over from the loan when we returned home," he said.

Burnett said it took eighty eight cents to fill the gas tank of his Model A.

"Gas was only eleven cents a gallon in Washington at that time," he laughed.

"Motels were a rarity back then," said Roxie, explaining that travelers usually stopped overnight in tourist homes.

"Meals could be purchased for twenty-five cents and a room over night averaged a dollar," she said.

Upon their return to Baker County, the couple settled down on Burnett's parents' farm 2 1/2 miles north of Sanderson. Their two room clapboard home had unscreened windows with wooden shutters.

"When you closed those windows there was no light at all in the house," said Burnett. "Of course," he added reminiscently, "times were so simple then. We didn't have any water or light bills."

The newlyweds owned a bed, table, two chairs and an oil stove.

Burnett taught school and supplemented his income by drilling wells with equipment he purchased in 1924. He continued that business until 1976.

The couple moved from Sanderson into Macclenny in 1932, the year Burnett threw his hat into the political ring and won the job of Clerk of Court, an office he held until 1941, the year he obtained a Western Auto Franchise. Burnett and his wife worked together in that business until they retired in 1979 after 38 1/2 years.

Burnett was one of ten children born to Baker County natives John and Mittie (Davis) Burnett.

Roxie, a third generation Baker Countian, was one of eleven children of Jim and Lovie (Starling) Prevatt.

Together they have witnessed many decades of growth in Baker County, including the advent of automobiles and the first paving of county roads and city streets.

"This is the only place we have ever wanted to live," said the amicable Burnett." Baker County has been mighty good to us," his wife agreed.

"If we had our life to live over we would take the same route," she said. "Just as long as it's Baker County.

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