Memorial service for William Reese Boone, 88, of Marshall will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Bro. Ron Segers will officiate. Mr. Boone passed away February 1, 2012, Mr. Boone was born June 15, 1923 in Laurel, MS to William and Olivia McCraw Boone. He graduated George S. Gardner High School in 1942 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating high school, Mr. Boone worked Civil Service at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport. Mr. Boone attended Centenary College, and owned and operated Tex-Air Refrigeration for 30 years. Mr. Boone married Dorothy Jean Merrill on January 17, 1944 in Laurel. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church, and was a 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite, and a Shriner. Mr. Boone was an avid lover of baseball, loved to travel with family and friends, enjoyed fishing and working in his yard. Mr. Boone is survived by his wife of 68 years, Dorothy Merrill Boone; son and daughter-in-law, James and Juana Boone of Marshall; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and George Marshall of Longview, Judy and Steve Hostetler Marshall, and Janett and Troy Jolley of Corpus Christi; sister, Frances Myrick of Laurel, Mississippi; 6 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Victory Baptist Church.