The Courier, Russellville, AR March 19, 2005
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Eual O. Bookout, 81, of Russellville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at Saint Mary?s Regional Medical Center.
The son of Omar Scott and Bessie Mae Christy Bookout, he was born April 20, 1923, in the Bernice coal camp south of Russellville. He was a 1941 graduate of Russellville High School and attended Arkansas Polytechnic College. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Signal Corps. He married Jean Hunter on August 8, 1948, in Russellville. He re-enlisted after World War II in the Army and served two separate foreign assignments in Japan and one in Germany and served in Arkansas, Missouri and Fort Sill, Okla. He retired in 1967 and moved the family back to Russellville. He was a member of the Rogers-Rye Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the Riggs Hamilton Post No. 20 of the American Legion. He was an accomplished steel guitar player and an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Hunter Bookout, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Bookout of Dardanelle; a daughter & son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Harris of Russellville; two grandsons, Michael Bookout of Dardanelle, and Kirk Harris and wife, Tina, of Marion; two granddaughters, Melissa Roper and husband, Billy, of Dardanelle, and Stephanie Barr and husband Kevin, of Scranton; six great-grandchildren, Ashley, Kayla, Jessica and Amanda Barr of Scranton, and Tiffany and Taylor Harris of Marion; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ball Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Wayne Bookout and the Rev. Tom Edwards will officiate. Burial will be by Humphrey Funeral Service.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 East Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, Ark. 72802.
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Eual O. Bookout, 81, of Russellville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at Saint Mary?s Regional Medical Center.
The son of Omar Scott and Bessie Mae Christy Bookout, he was born April 20, 1923, in the Bernice coal camp south of Russellville. He was a 1941 graduate of Russellville High School and attended Arkansas Polytechnic College. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Signal Corps. He married Jean Hunter on August 8, 1948, in Russellville. He re-enlisted after World War II in the Army and served two separate foreign assignments in Japan and one in Germany and served in Arkansas, Missouri and Fort Sill, Okla. He retired in 1967 and moved the family back to Russellville. He was a member of the Rogers-Rye Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the Riggs Hamilton Post No. 20 of the American Legion. He was an accomplished steel guitar player and an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Hunter Bookout, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Bookout of Dardanelle; a daughter & son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Harris of Russellville; two grandsons, Michael Bookout of Dardanelle, and Kirk Harris and wife, Tina, of Marion; two granddaughters, Melissa Roper and husband, Billy, of Dardanelle, and Stephanie Barr and husband Kevin, of Scranton; six great-grandchildren, Ashley, Kayla, Jessica and Amanda Barr of Scranton, and Tiffany and Taylor Harris of Marion; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ball Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Wayne Bookout and the Rev. Tom Edwards will officiate. Burial will be by Humphrey Funeral Service.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 East Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, Ark. 72802.
The Courier, Russellville, AR March 19, 2005
OBIT
Eual O. Bookout, 81, of Russellville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at Saint Mary?s Regional Medical Center.
The son of Omar Scott and Bessie Mae Christy Bookout, he was born April 20, 1923, in the Bernice coal camp south of Russellville. He was a 1941 graduate of Russellville High School and attended Arkansas Polytechnic College. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Signal Corps. He married Jean Hunter on August 8, 1948, in Russellville. He re-enlisted after World War II in the Army and served two separate foreign assignments in Japan and one in Germany and served in Arkansas, Missouri and Fort Sill, Okla. He retired in 1967 and moved the family back to Russellville. He was a member of the Rogers-Rye Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the Riggs Hamilton Post No. 20 of the American Legion. He was an accomplished steel guitar player and an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Hunter Bookout, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Bookout of Dardanelle; a daughter & son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Harris of Russellville; two grandsons, Michael Bookout of Dardanelle, and Kirk Harris and wife, Tina, of Marion; two granddaughters, Melissa Roper and husband, Billy, of Dardanelle, and Stephanie Barr and husband Kevin, of Scranton; six great-grandchildren, Ashley, Kayla, Jessica and Amanda Barr of Scranton, and Tiffany and Taylor Harris of Marion; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ball Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Wayne Bookout and the Rev. Tom Edwards will officiate. Burial will be by Humphrey Funeral Service.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 East Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, Ark. 72802.
OBIT
Eual O. Bookout, 81, of Russellville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at Saint Mary?s Regional Medical Center.
The son of Omar Scott and Bessie Mae Christy Bookout, he was born April 20, 1923, in the Bernice coal camp south of Russellville. He was a 1941 graduate of Russellville High School and attended Arkansas Polytechnic College. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Signal Corps. He married Jean Hunter on August 8, 1948, in Russellville. He re-enlisted after World War II in the Army and served two separate foreign assignments in Japan and one in Germany and served in Arkansas, Missouri and Fort Sill, Okla. He retired in 1967 and moved the family back to Russellville. He was a member of the Rogers-Rye Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the Riggs Hamilton Post No. 20 of the American Legion. He was an accomplished steel guitar player and an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Hunter Bookout, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Bookout of Dardanelle; a daughter & son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Harris of Russellville; two grandsons, Michael Bookout of Dardanelle, and Kirk Harris and wife, Tina, of Marion; two granddaughters, Melissa Roper and husband, Billy, of Dardanelle, and Stephanie Barr and husband Kevin, of Scranton; six great-grandchildren, Ashley, Kayla, Jessica and Amanda Barr of Scranton, and Tiffany and Taylor Harris of Marion; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ball Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Wayne Bookout and the Rev. Tom Edwards will officiate. Burial will be by Humphrey Funeral Service.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 East Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, Ark. 72802.
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