Corsicana Daily Sun newspaper - March 15, 2004 edition

Booker T. Averheart Jr.

Booker T. Averheart Jr., 71, of Dallas, formerly of Streetman and Corsicana, 
passed away Thursday, March 11, 2004 following a two-year battle with cancer 
in Dallas.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church on Myrtle and 
Romine Avenue in Dallas with Father Tim Gollob officiating. Interment will 
follow at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Mr. Averheart was born March 20, 1932 in Richland. He attended G. W. Jackson
High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in France and Germany, for
which he received an Honorable Discharge after two years of military service.
Then he resided in Dallas, where he attended Booker T. Washington School of
Business. As an entrepreneur, he owned and operated Averheart's Motel in South
Dallas off Silkwood Street. He also attended Meechum Airport Aviation School 
in Fort Worth, where he received his aviation pilot certification as VFR pilot
in 1979. He was an accomplished musician where he received royalties and 
recognition for his musical talents and abilities. Booker T. also was involved
in the business of promotions, promoting performances of several celebrity 
artist. Last but not least he was a philanthropist giving back to the community
and individuals in need.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Booker Averheart Sr. and Pearl 
Averheart, and sisters Cleo, Helen and Betty.

Survivors include daughters Yvonne Renee Averheart and Celesta Riles Kamau of
Stafford; granddaughter Thema Kamau of Stafford; niece Sherry L. Rubbell of
Corsicana; great-niece Deborah A. Sims of Corsicana; great-nephew Adrian Sims
of Jacksonville, Fla.; god children Rosalind McGill, Shalamine and Tramine
Miller of Dallas; devoted friends in his final days Joyce Adkins, Ella Judie, 
Nina Newborn, Annie Bratton, Ural Portlock and Dr. Joseph Glicksman, along 
with a great host of cousins, church family and good friends.

Arrangements by Evergreen Memorial Funeral Home, Dallas.