Early Life
Burnett was born and raised in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As a student at Goodlettsville High School he served as class president and was chosen “most likely to succeed." He attended Cumberland College and received a law degree from the University of Tennessee. While in law school he served as a lay minister for a Church of Christ congregation in Jamestown, Tennessee, where following graduation he established a law practice and began his political career.
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