Introduction
Born: January 28, 1932, on a farm near Alexander City, Alabama.
Died: March 13, 2008, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Born: January 28, 1932, on a farm near Alexander City, Alabama.
Died: March 13, 2008, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Bobby was the son of Ruben Jackson Burnett and Mollie Newman. and husband of Nobie Ruth O’Neal.
He served as pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for 45 years. In 1957, the same year he established the church, he and Videt Polk founded the Gospel Singers of America. He is remembered as an accomplished pianist and song writer.