David W Booker
1950 - 2017
David W Booker
1950 - 2017
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David was born in Hollywood, FL to loving parents James (Shorty) and Catherine (Howell) Booker on July 11, 1950. Class President of Bainbridge High School (1968), he attended UGA before enlisting in the US Air Force where he earned degrees in Arabic from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland; and an MBA from Ball State University. He was stationed with the USAF at the Iraklion Air Station in Crete, Greece (1972-1977).
He held a variety of careers, mostly in the fields of Information Technology and was named an honorary Colonel in the Georgia militia for his work with the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce.
David was a complex man with a diversity of talents and passions. Though his life took many turns, David always found himself returning to the natural places that he loved and shared with those around him. If you would like to honor his memory, donations may be made in his name to Ducks Unlimited--an organization David long supported and whose goal is to protect the lands he held dear.
Arrangements under the direction of Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Tallahassee, FL.
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6 Entries
Rookie Schneider
August 29, 2017
Dave, my memories of Crete will always include you and the many nights we laughed the mid shifts away. You left us much to early. I used the same word as my old friend Soppy, for you see I was there with them. I hope he does not mind. I do not know what to say other than, you are in a better place today, let us pray.
A pensive David
Cindy Booker
August 16, 2017
I'm David's little sister. He was 3 years older.Growing up he picked on me mercilessly but I thought he could do no wrong. As teenagers the Booker house was the place to be. David and the 3:30 club were always coming up with crazy fun stuff. My girlfriends liked nothing better than to hang out at my house with all those cute older boys and,of course, the boys liked all the cute younger girls. Me, I was just their kid sister, no matter how much of a crush I had on any of them.
David was a brilliant man in so many ways , always inquisitive . He was a gourmand, a photographer, a student of sciences and the arts. He loved music and nature, he was an avid reader. And he was a son, a brother, a husband, a father and a friend.
David was also a deeply troubled soul who battled his demons until they swallowed the person most of us knew. Despite of that I am and always will be your little sister. Godspeed brother Godspeed. Sapphire
Mike Mock
August 16, 2017
David, thanks for being my friend for all of these years. I have many great memories of times we spent together in Monterey, Crete, and during my visits to you and your family in Bainbridge and Tallahassee. You are missed more than you would imagine. My condolences to your family and your friends.
Nanette Isenhour
August 12, 2017
David, you were a very good friend and you've left us too soon. I will miss you and our interesting conversations terribly. My condolences to those you loved.
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Jeanie Anderson
August 7, 2017
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Soppy Cresap
August 5, 2017
Dave, my memories of Crete will always include you and the many nights we laughed the mid shifts away. You left us much to early.
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