Abstracts of Obits Appearing in the Advocate, Pointe Coupee, La.
File submitted by Donald W. Johnson (DW9JOHNSON@aol.com)

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BOOTH,   ALTON JULES

A retired building contractor and a resident of Baton Rouge, he died Saturday,
Jan. 10, 1998, at Baton Rouge General Health Center. He was 80 and a native of
Folsum. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Interment in Greenoaks 
Memorial Park.
Survived by wife, Sue Moore Booth, Baton Rouge; a son, Alton Booth Jr., Baton
Rouge; three sisters, Irma “Rie” Miller, Bella Vista, Ark., Norma B. Jenkins,
Baton Rouge, and Vera B. Hardman, Covington; three brothers, Lawrence Booth,
Covington, Otto Booth, San Antonio, Texas, and Paul Booth, Houston. Preceded
in death by parents, Preston and Bessie Booth, Folsum; a brother, George F.
Booth, Greensburg; and a sister, Betty Booth, Hammond. Pallbearers will be
Gary Wheat, Bill Carradine, Jason Polito, Bo Wascum, George Booth Jr. and
Curtis Booth. Honorary pallbearers are J.W. Cole, Andy Tugwell and Jay
Hardman. He was a member of Florida Boulevard Baptist Church.