HAMPTON - Shirley S. Booth, age 94, beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother, passed away peacefully at home on April 18, 2017 to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and her childhood sweetheart, husband and soulmate, Clarence. She retired from Kecoughtan High School as Dean of Girls after many years of service. The family will receive friends at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home on April 21, 2017 from 6-8 pm. The burial will occur at a later date in Arlington. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes expressions to be made in honor of Shirley Booth's lifetime dedication to Hampton City Schools to Jones Planetarium, Attn: Susan Booth, 1819 Nickerson Blvd., Hampton, VA 23663. Friends are encouraged to visit
www.parklawn-woodfh.com to share memories and words of condolence with the family.
Bonnie Bridger (Mittelmaier) (1969)
A sad thing, another of our teachers, our leaders, has passed away. Shirley Booth, KHS Dean of Girls, what a book she could write if she had a mind to. What an interesting and full life she lived, another one of the Greatest Generation moved onto Heaven. She certainly earned her wings and halo, the untold numbers of students she helped, mentored, guided. I saw her about 7 years ago at a KHS Reunion, not one of ours, and hugged her neck and told her how sorry I was that we probably made her life a living hell sometimes. She just laughed and laughed and told me that she considered us all her "angels" not a "devil" among us. I think she really meant it. Many will have a soft memory of her and those days long ago, if it is a hard memory, well let it go and be glad she was in our lives. Bonnie