BOB BOONE - Bobby Sam "Bob" Boone, age 74, of Columbus, MS, died November 23, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, November 27, 2009, at 10:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Mickey Dalrymple, Rev. Sammy Crawford, and Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour prior to the service. The interment will immediately follow at Pine Grove Cemetery in Pickens County, AL. Visitation will be Thursday, November 26, 2009, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mr. Boone was born July 12, 1935, in Haywood County, NC, to the late Columbus T. and Ethel Angeline Cope Boone. He moved to Columbus from Toleda, WA in 1979 where he worked for Weyerhaeuser for 36 years. Mr. Boone worked in management for 30 years before he retired then continued to work as a consultant. He attended Fairview Baptist Church and was preceded in death by a son, Earl Craig Boone. Survivors include his wife, Edna Boone of Columbus, sons, Donnie Jones of Columbus, Raymond Scott Boone (Lindy) of Toleda, WA, and Daniel Kim Boone (Stephanie) of Silver Lake, WA, daughters, Ceal Pate (Joe) of Greenwood, MS, Yolanda Sue Murray (Paul) of Kelso, WA, and Barbara K. Tobias of Toleda, WA, brother, Edwin Roger Boone (Dottie) of Longview, WA, grandchildren, Leah, Christina, & Heather Pate, Joshua Jones, Cindal & Nick Tobias, Raymond, Nesha, Kelcee, Alinia, & Tyrah Boone, Mandy, Nathan, & Russell Williamson, great grandsons, Sayre & Harley Williamson, and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be J. B. Cox, Wayne West, E. C. Patterson, Ed Atkins, Ray Crane, Ralph Taylor, and Tim Cox. Honorary pallbearers will be friends, the Friendly City Good Sams, and coworkers at Weyerhaeuser. Memorials may be made to Fairview Baptist Church 127 Airline Rd. Columbus, MS 39702 or Baptist Memorial Hospice Program P.O. Box 1307 Columbus, MS 39703.
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