LaFayette "Faye" Junior Booker

 LaFayette "Faye" Booker 
Walnut -   LaFayette Junior Booker, 82, a Charter member of the Three Forks Water Association and Electrolux Vacuum salesman, passed away at home in the Three Forks Community near Walnut on Friday, October 9, 2015. Services with Military Honors will be at 3 PM Sunday, October 11 at the Oakland Baptist Church with visitation 5 PM TO 8 PM Saturday, October 10, 2015 at The Ripley Funeral Home and continuing one hour before services at Oakland Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. The Ripley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
   He was born July 13, 1933 in Tippah county to the late Joe and Vista Martindale Booker. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, Shirley Waldon (Jim) of Holly Springs, Elawese Shoffner (Eugene) and David Booker (Tammy) of Walnut. He graduated Walnut High School and attended Northeast Mississippi Junior College and Memphis State University. He was a devoted Christian, former deacon at Oakland Baptist Church and always looked for opportunities to tell others about Jesus.
   Mr. Booker moved to Memphis, TN in 1957 when he returned to the United States from Germany at the conclusion of his US Army enlistment. He moved his family back home to the Three Forks Community in 1973. He enjoyed his grandchildren, horses, "haggling" as he called it at First Monday and his equipment. Work was his hobby. He never met a stranger, always engaging in conversation and remembering the most minute details. He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-four years and mother to his children, Jamie Lois Curle Booker.
   He is survived by his children, Stephen Booker (Joan) of Walnut, Cindy Jobe (Mike) of Kossuth and Diane Weatherly (Tim) and his wife, Earlene Booker, all of Walnut. He has one step-son, Larry Hogue (Ann) of Lafayette, LA; thirteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. The family would like to express our gratitude to his special caregiver, Kimmy.
   Ripley Funeral Home invites you to leave expressions of sympathy for the Booker family at www.ripleyfuneralhome.com