Crystal Burns

Crystal Burns, age 75, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in a local hospital. She was a member of Tasso Christian Church. She was a loving mother, sister, aunt and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Edward Burns, parents, Roy Addison Garner and Mary Hall Garner; brother, Roy A. Garner, Jr., and sisters, Frances Leonard and Judy Belcher. Survivors include two sons, Joe Marcus Burns and wife Wanda of Ocoee, TN and Todd Burns and wife Gale of Cleveland; daughter, Sherree Withington of Cleveland; brother, Eugene Garner of Cleveland; sisters, Helen Simpson and Jeanette Allen of Cleveland; five grandchildren, Wade Burns, Jeremy Burns, Rodney Cooper, Heather Ellis, and Heather Bowman; and seven great grandchildren, Tyler Wallace, Tanner Wallace, Katelynn Wallace, Trevor Wallace, Cali Ellis, Skyler Burns and Bailey Erb. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Grissom Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Cheatham officiating. Interment will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Wade Burns, Jeremy Burns, Will Ellis, Crawford Burns, Chris Belcher, and Stacy Bowman serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5-7 at the funeral home prior to the service. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.grissomfh.net.