Curby Dan Boone, 72 of Kountze, died Monday, January 03, 2005 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral Service will be at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at First Baptist Church in Kountze. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Broussard’s, Kountze.
Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. on Friday, January 7, 2005 at Fairview Cemetery in Apache, Oklahoma and a gathering of family and friends will be on Thursday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Crews Funeral Home in Apache, Oklahoma.
Curby is preceded in death by his parents, L.G. and Pearlean Boone, brother Lester Boone; and sister, Margie Fredrickson.
Curby was a native of Washita, Oklahoma and was a Korean War Veteran and a member of VFW Post 1514. He was also a lifetime member of the American Legion. He was a member of Christian Community Fellowship Church of Lumberton.
He married Vesta Franklin on January 23, 1953. He worked for ARCO Oil all over Southern Oklahoma and Texas. He settled down in Kountze and continued to work for ARCO Oil and Rio Bravo Oil until his retirement.
Curby is survived by his wife of 51 years, Vesta Franklin Boone of Kountze; daughters, Rhonda Barner and husband James of Kountze and Gena Cryer and husband Thomas of Kountze; sons, Curby Randall Boone and his wife Eve of Luanda Angolo Africa and Earl Wayne Boone and his wife Kileen of Round Rock, Texas; sisters, Mary Jackson, Pearlean Woods and Gay Glagg all of Oklahoma; brothers, Wallace Boone of Paulsvalley, Oklahoma and Jackie Boone of Overland Park, Kansas; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Southern Baptist Missionary Fund, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond VA 23230.
