Mary Booker, age 106, of Winder passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Mrs. Booker was born in her parents' home on Gainesville's Prior Street in 1905, when most folks walked to work and school, traveled longer distances by horse and buggy, and most of Hall County lighted their homes with kerosene lamps. Mary was the second of eight children of George "Clif" Reed, long-time area manager for Southern Bell Telephone Company and Kate Reed.
After attending Young Harris College, Mary Reed married John Booker in 1927, and with him owned and managed Thompson Farm near Braselton, retiring from active farming in 1967 and moved to Winder. Mr. Booker, an innovative farmer and businessman, was an original member of Jackson EMC's board of directors when the co-op was founded in 1939, and a long-time member of the Winder Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Booker died in 1972, and Mary stayed active playing bridge, working in the First Baptist Church of Winder office and doing things for others. Well into her nineties, Mary regularly drove friends to the Atlanta airport, delivered meals to the elderly (many younger than she was), and visited her many extended family members in the area for holidays and special times.
Used to driving herself anywhere she wanted to go until the day of her 102nd birthday, when her eyesight prevented renewal of her driver's license. Mary made adjustments to her amazing independence and ability to do favors for others. In 2008, Mary moved to Mulberry Grove in Statham and then to Rosemont at Stone Mountain, where she celebrated with family and friends her 106 years of zestful living.
Mrs. Booker is survived by: a sister, Carol Cleaveland of Columbia, SC; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great and great great nieces and nephews.
After attending Young Harris College, Mary Reed married John Booker in 1927, and with him owned and managed Thompson Farm near Braselton, retiring from active farming in 1967 and moved to Winder. Mr. Booker, an innovative farmer and businessman, was an original member of Jackson EMC's board of directors when the co-op was founded in 1939, and a long-time member of the Winder Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Booker died in 1972, and Mary stayed active playing bridge, working in the First Baptist Church of Winder office and doing things for others. Well into her nineties, Mary regularly drove friends to the Atlanta airport, delivered meals to the elderly (many younger than she was), and visited her many extended family members in the area for holidays and special times.
Used to driving herself anywhere she wanted to go until the day of her 102nd birthday, when her eyesight prevented renewal of her driver's license. Mary made adjustments to her amazing independence and ability to do favors for others. In 2008, Mary moved to Mulberry Grove in Statham and then to Rosemont at Stone Mountain, where she celebrated with family and friends her 106 years of zestful living.
Mrs. Booker is survived by: a sister, Carol Cleaveland of Columbia, SC; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great and great great nieces and nephews.
Mary Booker, age 106, of Winder passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Mrs. Booker was born in her parents' home on Gainesville's Prior Street in 1905, when most folks walked to work and school, traveled longer distances by horse and buggy, and most of Hall County lighted their homes with kerosene lamps. Mary was the second of eight children of George "Clif" Reed, long-time area manager for Southern Bell Telephone Company and Kate Reed.
After attending Young Harris College, Mary Reed married John Booker in 1927, and with him owned and managed Thompson Farm near Braselton, retiring from active farming in 1967 and moved to Winder. Mr. Booker, an innovative farmer and businessman, was an original member of Jackson EMC's board of directors when the co-op was founded in 1939, and a long-time member of the Winder Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Booker died in 1972, and Mary stayed active playing bridge, working in the First Baptist Church of Winder office and doing things for others. Well into her nineties, Mary regularly drove friends to the Atlanta airport, delivered meals to the elderly (many younger than she was), and visited her many extended family members in the area for holidays and special times.
Used to driving herself anywhere she wanted to go until the day of her 102nd birthday, when her eyesight prevented renewal of her driver's license. Mary made adjustments to her amazing independence and ability to do favors for others. In 2008, Mary moved to Mulberry Grove in Statham and then to Rosemont at Stone Mountain, where she celebrated with family and friends her 106 years of zestful living.
Mrs. Booker is survived by: a sister, Carol Cleaveland of Columbia, SC; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great and great great nieces and nephews.
After attending Young Harris College, Mary Reed married John Booker in 1927, and with him owned and managed Thompson Farm near Braselton, retiring from active farming in 1967 and moved to Winder. Mr. Booker, an innovative farmer and businessman, was an original member of Jackson EMC's board of directors when the co-op was founded in 1939, and a long-time member of the Winder Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Booker died in 1972, and Mary stayed active playing bridge, working in the First Baptist Church of Winder office and doing things for others. Well into her nineties, Mary regularly drove friends to the Atlanta airport, delivered meals to the elderly (many younger than she was), and visited her many extended family members in the area for holidays and special times.
Used to driving herself anywhere she wanted to go until the day of her 102nd birthday, when her eyesight prevented renewal of her driver's license. Mary made adjustments to her amazing independence and ability to do favors for others. In 2008, Mary moved to Mulberry Grove in Statham and then to Rosemont at Stone Mountain, where she celebrated with family and friends her 106 years of zestful living.
Mrs. Booker is survived by: a sister, Carol Cleaveland of Columbia, SC; 12 nieces and nephews; and many great and great great nieces and nephews.
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