His ‘true love’ faces eviction

A QUEENS woman lost her man, and now she’s in danger of losing her home because her soulmate’s kids want her out.

Annie Burnell said she never needed a marriage certificate to know John Little was her true love — but without that piece of paper now, she’s in a bad way.

Burnell, 66, is facing eviction from the Jamaica Estates co-op where she’s lived for 20 years. She said she and Little both put money toward the bills, but Little was the only one listed on co-op paperwork.

Now Little’s son by a previous relationship, Shawn, is suing in Queens Housing Court to evict Burnell. Shawn Little’s lawyers say Burnell is a tenant at the Highland Ave. apartment, not a relative.

“We built a life and now the children want to come and take everything away,” she told the Daily News. She called Shawn Little, the administrator of his dad’s estate, “greedy.”

Burnell (photo) has COPD and congestive heart failure. She spends her days at home and can barely walk. “I don’t know why I should be moved out of my own home,” she said.

The son could not be reached for comment and his lawyer declined to comment.

Burnell met Little in 1991 at his sister’s place. “It was like an unbelievable bond there,” she said. “I loved him so much. He was my world. It was just him and I.”

Both she and Little had kids, but the couple never had children together. Burnell said Little was coming off a tough divorce when she met him.

“I put the life back in him,” she said. As for the couple getting married, Burnell noted, “we didn’t think it was that important to rush it . . . We were already married.”

Little worked as a Con Ed electrical technician and Burnell was in the city Department of Health’s accounts department. Their plan was to one day move out of the city and build a cottage, Burnell said. But that never happened.

Burnell said she started getting sick around 2005 and Little, 68, died in January. Two years earlier, he gave Burnell the engagement ring she still wears.

Burnell said she got along well with Little’s three children while their father was alive.

“They played a good game. But when he died, it was a whole new scenario,” she said.