I want to thank all that came to honor Sissy and can't say in words how much I appreciate each and every one of you that help and gave more than their life saving blood you gave a part of your heart at Christa's annual Blood Drive Jan. 22 2010!!!
Christa Burchett that was killed in the line of duty Jan. 22, 2008; NOON-6pm at PAINTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM. The Blood Drive begins at noon and ends at 6pm and the Memorial Service starts at 7pm also in PAINTSVILLE ELEM. SCHOOL GYM.
On the morning of January 22, 2008, Christa responded to a call for help from a young mother-to-be who had lost control of her car on an icy road. She rushed to the scene in an ambulance and was helping the young woman to get into the ambulance. At the same moment a tractor-trailer loaded with coal began sliding on the highway and hit Christa and the mother-to-be. The mother was killed on impact. Christa died at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville at 10:04 a.m.
Christa’s name and legacy will live on through the lives and people she has touched. Christa left too early and not a day goes by that her family and friends don’t think of her and miss her dearly. Christa left behind a beautiful daughter Olivia Burchett (16), who had to grow up way to soon. Being left without a mother at such as young age, has changed her life forever.
