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Dock Booker

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Dock Booker

Birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Death
1 Apr 1955 (aged 46)
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Berkeley, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Dock Booker registered for the WWII draft on October 16, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His wife was listed as Versie Lee Booker.

Executed in gas chamber at the State of Missouri on April 1, 1955 at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jeffereson City, Missouri for the crime of murder.

On Aug 15, 1953 Dock shot Earl Harrison over an argument "over their respective abilities as baseball players".

Son of Dock Booker, Sr and Evelyn Booker
Occupation listed as laborer for the railroad terminal.
Dock Booker registered for the WWII draft on October 16, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His wife was listed as Versie Lee Booker.

Executed in gas chamber at the State of Missouri on April 1, 1955 at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jeffereson City, Missouri for the crime of murder.

On Aug 15, 1953 Dock shot Earl Harrison over an argument "over their respective abilities as baseball players".

Son of Dock Booker, Sr and Evelyn Booker
Occupation listed as laborer for the railroad terminal.

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