Friends stated they need 41-year-old Jennifer Burnette to be remembered as a very good mother, a very good good friend, and a very good human being. Burnette volunteered and donated her time and money to causes she cared about.
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“She’s very much more than just a good Samaritan,” household good friend David Wallace stated.
Wallace stated Burnette was a mother of 4 youngsters: a 23-year-old, a 15-year-old old and 4-year-old twins. He has been her greatest good friend for 30 years, saying Burnette had an enormous coronary heart.
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“She would go and donate and fundraise for Autism Awareness because well, a couple of her children are autistic,” Wallace stated. “She was an animal lover, volunteer[ing] at the shelter when she could.”
Wallace says she had been going via some robust instances – Burnette misplaced her husband to most cancers on New Year’s Day. Despite her challenges, she nonetheless helped others, even serving to Wallace at his lowest level.
“They brought me in, rented me a house, pretty much gave me the shirt off their back,” Wallace stated.
About two months in the past, Wallace moved in along with her, bringing his 4 youngsters.
“She took in a family that she didn’t need to and help raise the children that were not hers,” Wallace stated.
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Around 10:30 p.m. Monday, JSO sai Burnette was hit and killed within the middle lane of University Blvd. when she noticed an injured canine mendacity within the southbound lane. Wallace says this was who Burnette was – an enormous animal lover.
“She was on her way to work,” Burnette stated. “I don’t know what she was thinking. But middle of the night, she sees an injured animal and just decides, ‘Okay, I’m gonna stop and help the animal, nobody else is.’”
But as she was attempting to assist the animal, a small SUV hit her. She was rushed to the hospital the place sadly, she died.
“They told me that she didn’t suffer it was almost instant,” Wallace stated.
Wallace says the household remains to be engaged on funeral preparations.
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