Mary Sue Banks Burnett, passed away at Hospice of Union County with her beloved husband Clyde R. Burnette by her side. She was born in and was a native of Charlotte, NC at St. Peters Hospital in Charlotte, daughter to Thomas Richard and Edith Sue Harris Banks. She received her high school diploma from Charlotte Central High School, Class of 1954. Pursuing her love of teaching, she went on to receive her undergraduate in Education from Appalachian State University in 1958 and her Master’s in Education from the University of Alabama in 1963. She had 50 years in elementary education starting in Alabama followed by teaching in Memphis, TN and Erie, PA. She returned to Charlotte, NC to continue teaching for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system and later became Principal at Billingsley Elementary and later at Starmount Academy and finally at Windsor Elementary School where she remained until her retiring in 2007. She was a fantastic wife and wonderful mother and grandmother. In recent years she enjoyed attending the monthly class luncheons at Jimmy’s with her fellow 1954 graduates of Charlotte Central High School. She was a musician, playing the violin, piano, bassoon and other instruments. Mary Sue was always planting flowers, bushes, shrubs, grass or trees. She particularly enjoyed traveling, visiting many countries in Western and Central Europe. The Surfside Beach “beach house” was another favorite place to relax and enjoy the grandsons. She always accompanied her husband on numerous business trips and conventions. She was a member of Myers’s Park Methodist Church in Charlotte. She will be remembered for her devotion to teaching, even well beyond her career years, teaching academics to her grandchildren.