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Savannah - Rietta Stokes Burnsed, 63, of Savannah, Georgia, died Thursday afternoon, April 5, 2007, at Hospice Savannah surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late James Sylvester Stokes and Emma Jean McCook Stokes. Rietta was a Christian and a homemaker. She was devoted to her family and loved gardening and crocheting. In earlier years Rietta was a model for a local agency and won several trophies for dancing at Nick's Dance Studio. Surviving are three daughters, Maria Burnsed, Sandra Burnsed-Murray and her husband, Stacey, and Sherry Ann Lupica and her husband, Ted, all of Savannah, Georgia; two sons, Eddie Burnsed and Richard Burnsed, both of Savannah, Georgia; her former husband, Edmon Burnsed of Tybee Island, Georgia; three sisters, Vickie Eckert of New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mary Meservy of savannah, Georgia, and Sylvia Sykes and her husband, Larry, of Guyton, Georgia; two brothers, The Reverend Dr. William H. Ford and his wife, Boonie, of Macon, Georgia, and James Stokes and his wife, Debbie, of Guyton, Georgia; three sisters-in-law, Juanita, Mickie, and Elise and her husband, Bud; two brothers-in-law, David and his wife, Frances, and Junior; nine grandchildren, Elizabeth, Amber, Cierra, Joshua, Brandon, Noah, Guy, Teddy and Theresa; four great- grandchildren, Caleb, whom she reared, MaKenzie, Brice, and Arianna, and many other relatives. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 o'clock Saturday at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue. Funeral service will be held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by The Reverend Dr. William H. Ford. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Savannah Morning News (SMN), Saturday, April 7, 2007. Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at www.SavannahNow.com or Legacy.com.