Surry-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Boole, Dr. John A., 2012 

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DR. JOHN ALLEN BOOLE 

  STATESBORO - John Allen Boole, retired professor and veteran, passed away 
Saturday, April 2, 2011, at his residence under the care of Ogeechee Area 
Hospice.  He was born on December 14, 1921, in Onancock, Va.  He worked in 
the Newport News shipyard and served in the Navy during World War II.  He 
received his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, his Master 
of Science degree in Botany of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and his Ph.D 
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  In 1955, he moved his 
family to Statesboro to accept a teaching position at Georgia Teachers College 
(now Georgia Southern University).  He retired from Georgia Southern College 
in 1988.  He was a charter member of Pittman Park United Methodist Church.

  He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Burt Boole.

  Survivors include two daughters, Coleen and Connie Boole; a son, Barry 
Boole; and a grandson, Bryan Gottfried.

  A memorial is planned in his beloved mountains this summer.

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 
531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459; Pittman Park United Methodist Church, 1102 
Fair Road, Statesboro, Georgia 30458; or the Irene B. Boole Scholarship Fund 
at Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8053, Statesboro, GA 30460.


John Allen BOOLE, Ph.D., retired professor, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 14 Dec 1921, Onancock, d. 2 Apr 2011, Statesboro, GA, 
"Statesboro (GA) Herald," Apr. 6, 2011; 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #68148523 

Additional information: 

Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.

Note: s/o John Allen and Fannie A. Downing Boole

His wife was the former Irene Myrtle BURT, of Dendron.  She was a nurse in 
   Brooklyn, NY, when they m. 11 Sep 1949 in Waverly.  (Newport News #404) 

Her parents, Howard Bernice Sr. & Louise (KNAPP) BURT, are buried in 
   Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 

His father-in-law's (donated, 1980) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b630h9ob.txt 


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