Obit of Booker Jr., Leon Harold - Texas County, Oklahoma

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::Elmhurst Cemetery--Guymon OK

Amarillo Globe News 23 Nov 1997

Leon Harold Booker Jr.

EVA, Okla. - Leon Harold Booker Jr., 71, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Yarbrough School with the Rev. Ron 
Wilson, pastor of First Christian Church in Elkhart, Kan., officiating. 
Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon. Arrangements are by Henson-
Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.

Mr. Booker was born in Wilkes County, Ga. He moved to Texas County at the 
age of 6. He married Erma Scott in 1947 at Guymon. He was a farmer and a 
rancher. He was an Army veteran, serving in World War II and the Korean 
Conflict. He was a member of Guymon Lodge AF&AM No. 335, O.E.S. No. 219, 
the Gideons, and First Baptist Church in Keyes. He served on the Yarbrough 
school board, Panhandle Telephone board of directors, Panhandle State 
University Agriculture Board and Cattleman's Association.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1996.

Survivors include four daughters, Nancy Carol Roberts of Yarbrough, Linda 
Susan Chase of Ulysses, Kan., Kathy Lynn Roberts of Kenton and Sherry Ann 
Lilly of Lone Oak, Texas; a sister, Anne Randol of Meridian, Idaho; 15 
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be made to Harold Booker Memorial for the 
Eva Community Center or the Gideons. Memorials will be accepted at the 
Henson-Novak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942.
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