Myrtle Booker Fore

January 8, 1917 - September 8, 2020

God took Myrtle Julia Booker Fore home to Heaven September 8, 2020 to be with her husband, Charles O. Fore, her parents, Leslie and Eva Lee Jackson Booker, and her brothers and sisters: Louise Hope Cousins, Gilbert Lee Booker, Adele Victoria Waller, Sally Ruth Jones, Herman Rorer Booker, William Gus Booker, Jessie David Booker, Thomas Earle Booker, Mary Emily Piller, Leslie James Booker, Otha Blair Booker, Eva Dare McCracken, Daniel Orkney Booker and Gerald Holmes Booker. She was the 7th of 15 children born January 8, 1917. Myrtle leaves a daughter, Helen Fore Faria (Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr.), and three grandchildren, Miguel Faria, III (Noelle), Elena Mitchell (Joseph) and Gabriela Faria, along with many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews She was a member of Lane Memorial United Methodist Church, the Altavista Garden Club and Eastern Star. Myrtle touched many lives with kindness, family reunions, flower gardens, delicious food and her generosity. She was the last of her generation to go and will be greatly missed. Graveside services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Green Hill Cemetery with Pastor Ben Horrocks officiating. Finch and Finch Funeral and Cremation Service, Altavista is in charge of arrangements.