Mildred Fain Arnold ¹

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. USGenweb - Sullivan Co Cemeteries
2. Bristol Herald Courier from 5/21/2007 - 5/22/2007

!BIRTH: Source-2 for approximate date

!MARRIAGE: Source-1 for name - annotation by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown at listing of spouse

!DEATH: Source-2 for date and place

!BURIAL: Source-2 for place

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-2 Booher, Mildred
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Mildred Arnold Booher, 91, of 634 Bristol Caverns Road, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 in Belhaven, N.C., at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her loving family.
She was the daughter of the late Monroe Arnold and Sallie Arnold Tawney. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Hope Booher; two brothers, Norman and Homer Arnold; and one sister, Guilford Arnold Gaspers.
Survivors include one daughter, Corliss (Corki) Booher Leverett and husband Guinn of Belhaven; two grandsons, Edward Matthew (Trey) Johnson III and wife Laurie of Burke, Va., and Benjamin Booher Johnson and wife Amy of Belhaven; two great-grandchildren, Madison Alexis and Griffin Booher. Among her many nieces and nephews are Pam Pearman Darnall and husband Bill of Northbrook, Ill., and nephew, Bruce Odum and wife Wiona of Bristol Virginia.
Mrs. Booher was an active member of Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church, where she taught youth and adult Sunday school classes for over 50 years. She was devoted to the United Methodist Women at Virginia Avenue, which she served as a long-term president. Mrs. Booher was also active in UMW district and regional activities and was the first chairwoman of the Administrative Council at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church. Mrs. Booher was a past president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Bristol and was an active member of the Greater Bristol Chapter of the AARP. She worked in the Bristol area for many years, retiring from the Bristol Tennessee Courthouse in 1984, where she served the Juvenile Court and the General Sessions Court of Sullivan County.
Mrs. Booher led a fruitful life. She loved and was loved by many as a mother, grandmother, teacher and friend. She had a flair for all things creative. Throughout her many years, she was an avid gardener, talented seamstress and immensely enjoyed arts and crafts, reading, writing and cooking.
A service celebrating her life will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2007, at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Oxendine and the Rev. Laura Rasor officiating. Burial will follow at Weaver's Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Akard Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Fred Kroupa, Jim Lowe, Jack Burnette, Bill Rutherford, Andy Rutherford, Eugene Booher and grandsons, Trey and Ben Johnson. Honorary pallbearers are Judge Gilbert Torbett, William English, Judge Richard Ladd, Raymond Winters and the United Methodist Women.
Memorials may be made to Virginia Avenue Methodist Church. E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at akardfh@akardfuneralhome.com.
Akard Funeral Home, 1912 W. State St., Bristol, Tenn., (423) 989-4800, is serving the family of Mildred Arnold Booher.
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Mildred married Eugene Hope Booher, son of Jesse M. Booher and Harriet Rebecca Smith. (Eugene Hope Booher was born in 1907 in , , Tennessee, USA, died in 1951 and was buried in Bristol: Weaver's Union Cemetery, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.)