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Sandra Boone Obituary
1940-2016
Sandra Sue (Turner) Boone, 75, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2016 in Weatherford, Texas. Sandy was born November 6, 1940 in Dallas, Texas to Harry Leon Turner and Ruth Elizabeth (Fowler) Turner. She grew up in Bryan, Texas and later moved to Houston with her family. Sandy graduated from Spring Branch High School in Houston, Texas in 1958 and went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York after winning a prestigious scholarship.
She married Edward Garrett Boone on June 29, 1968 in Houston, Texas. After many years working for Automation Products in Houston, Sandy and Ed moved to Nashville, Arkansas in 1979. Sandy loved living in Nashville and was an active volunteer and member of the First United Methodist Church of Nashville. She was a member of the Junior Auxiliary and a co-founder of Friends, Inc. After completing her degree in Education, she taught second grade in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. She dedicated her life to helping others.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, her mother and her father. She is survived by her daughter Karen Boone Hayden and her husband Erik, her son Allen Walker Boone and his wife Bobbie, her grandchildren Owen Boone Hayden, Dylan Garrett Hayden, Raven Sky Boone, Alyson Rose Boone, and Chelsea Eliz Boone, her sister Betty Lou Lynch, her brother Harry Leon Turner II, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
There will be a memorial service for Sandy at the United Methodist Church in Kyle, Texas on Friday, June 10 at ten o'clock in the morning. The service will be officiated by Pastor Darlene Boaz. There will be a luncheon immediately following the service in the church's Family Life Center. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Sandy's memory to the Gladney Center for Adoption, 6300 John Ryan Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76132-4122.
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