VERTIS JEAN (ETHERIDGE) BURNS, age 65 of Tuscaloosa, passed away on January 20, 2021 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. She was born in Arcola, MS on February 23, 1955; the daughter of the late Vertis Otho Etheridge and the late Stella Barnett Etheridge.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by: Daughter, Renee (Gene) Ballanger; Son, Emmett (Jacqueline) Smith; Daughter, Ashely Smith; 12 Grandchildren; 8 Great-Grandchildren; Sister, Shirley (Juan) Etheridge; Sister, Linda (John) Allen; Brother, Steve Etheridge; Brother, Jerry Etheridge; and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by: Husband, David Dwayne Burns; Father, Vertis Otho Etheridge; Mother, Stella Barnett Etheridge; Sister, Gennell Coursey; and Sister-in-Laws, Betty Rutherford and Linda “Buzzy” Etheridge.
A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 2:00pm in the Friendship Baptist Cemetery in Brookwood, AL with Rev. Emmett Smith, Jr. officiating.
Final care and arrangements entrusted to the Ellison Memorial Funeral Home of Clanton, AL.
www.EllisonMemorialFuneralHome.com