Anne Burnett was born on October 15, 1900 in Fort Worth, Texas. She grew up in Fort Worth. Her father, Thomas Lloyd Burnett was the owner of the Triangle Ranch and operated the Tom L. Burnett Cattle Company.
Her mother was Olive (Lake) Burnett.
Mission Anne, as she was known informally, was educated on the East coast and summered at her father"s Triangle Ranch, where she learned ranching as a teenager.
Her paternal grandfather, Samuel Burk Burnett, established the 6666 Ranch near Guthrie, Texas after the Civil War. Her paternal grandmother was Mary Couts Burnett, a philanthropist whose estate went to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Upon her father"s death in 1938, she also inherited the Triangle Ranch.
She became a renowned breeder of American Quarter Horses.
She served on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Fort Worth and the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. She helped co-found the American Quarter Horse Association, where she served as Honorary Vice President.
Additionally, she founded the American Quarter Horse Heritage Center and Museum. She also served on the Boards of Trustees of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Ranching Heritage Association in Lubbock, Texas.
She also served as Vice President of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
After her fourth husband"s death in 1978, she founded the eponymous Anne Burnett Tandy and Charles Doctorate. Tandy Foundation. The foundation donated to non-profit organizations in the Fort Worth area. She died on January 1, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas.
She was buried at the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery in Fort Worth.
Meanwhile she was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association posthumously in 1990, and into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2002.
She was the first woman to serve as a member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and the West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
