Doris Rachel Taylor Booker

Published 3:50 pm Thursday, December 17, 2020

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Mrs. Doris Rachel Taylor Booker, 85, of Beaver Creek Road in the Bullard Community of Baker, Fla., passed away Thursday night, December 10, 2020 at her daughters residence after a brief illness.

She was a native and long time resident of Bradley before moving to Okaloosa County, Fla. Mrs. Booker was a member of the Rock Creek Assembly of God Church where she enjoyed singing, she attended Henley Roberts School, and was a 1952 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, and was a retired seamstress from Alatex. She enjoyed farming, gardening, canning vegetables and preserves.

She is survived by a daughter, Doris Booker (Billy) James of Brewton; five grandchildren, Tracie (Chris) Mauldin, Chase Green, Rebecca (Eric) Whitfield, Erica (Brandon) Bolton, and Wade (Aarika) Booker; six great-grandchildren, Brodie, Evan, Hayes, Austin, Emma and Parker; one daughter-in-law, Cindy Booker of Baker, Fla.; and one son-in-law, Larry Green of Crestview, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Ruth Nelson Taylor; her husband, William Booker; a son, Gary Buck Booker; and a daughter, Sheila Green.
Graveside services were held Sunday afternoon, December 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bullard Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Byrnes Pitts officiating. Interment followed  in Bullard Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Baker, Fla.

In Lieu of flowers please make donations to: The Bullards Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery Maintenance Fund or The Gideon’s Bible Fund.

Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.