Lewis T. Booker

Lewis T. Booker

Lewis Booker Obituary

Published by Bennett Funeral Home from Apr. 12 to Apr. 14, 2015.
BOOKER, Lewis T., 85, died at his home in Richmond, Virginia, on April 4, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy B. Booker; four children, Lewis T. Booker Jr. and his wife, Diana Lynn T. Booker, Frances B. Verschuure and her husband, Eric P. Verschuure, Claiborne B. Booker and John Q. Booker; three grandchildren, Richard, Catherine and Peter Booker; his sister, Constance B. Moe and her husband, Donald W. Moe; and his sister-in-law, Cynthia T. Booker. His brother, Russell E. Booker Jr., died in 2009. Mr. Booker attended city schools and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1946. He was a graduate of the University of Richmond, where he served 11 terms as Rector, and Harvard Law School. After law school, he served in the U.S. Army in Korea and at the Pentagon. Following his active military service, he joined the firm Hunton & Williams and had an office...

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