Evelene Booth
Died: Thursday, December 25, 2008
Age: 80

FLOYD COUNTY — Evelene Booth, 80, of Prestonsburg, died Thursday, Dec. 25, at her residence.

Born Dec. 14, 1928, at Whitehouse, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Goldie Ramey
Stapleton. She was a sales clerk for Ben Franklin Store and a homemaker.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Booth; a daughter, Linda Booth; four
brothers, Francis Stapleton, Hershell Jarrell, Bill Jarrell, and Wesley Jarrell; and three
sisters, Elizabeth McCoy, Idella Stapleton, and Melinda Wiley.

Survivors include a son, Jackie Marion Booth of Prestonsburg; a daughter, Joyce Carroll of
Prestonsburg; four sisters, Bertha Cline of Prestonsburg, Dolly Kendrick and Jean Hurd, both of
Michigan, and Lillian Smith of Florida; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, a step-
great-grandchild; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Sunday, Dec. 28, at Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, with Bobby Carpenter and
Carl Woods officiating.

Burial was in Richmond Cemetery, Prestonsburg, under direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home,
Martin.

Big Sandy News
Jan 2009