Kermit R. Booker Sr.

  

Kermit Roosevelt Booker, Sr., one of eleven
children was born on January 25, 1906 to William
and Annie Booker in Lexington, Missouri.  He
received his elementary, junior, and senior high
school education in the Lexington Public School
System. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor
of Science degree from Lincoln University, Jefferson
City, Missouri.  He attended Iowa University, Iowa City, and Pittsburgh State Teacher College, receiving his Master's Degree in 1954.
Mr. Booker taught in high schools in Lexington, Missouri and later was principal of an elementary school for three years.  He established the first four-year accredited high school in Booneville, Missouri. Mr. Booker was principal of George Washington Carver School in Neosho, Missouri for eight years.  For 13 years, he was a science and eighth grade teacher at Cleveland School in Coffeyville, Kansas.   He started the first Negro Boys Scout Troop in Coffeyville, from which 12 Eagle Scouts were produced.  He received his 25 years citation in education while in Kansas.
In 1955, he and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and he taught at Madison School until illness forced him to retire.  He was a teacher and part-time principal at the Juvenile Home on Shadow Lane for four years, until the time of his death, October 5, 1966.
Mr. Booker was a man dedicated to the community.  He worked with boys in both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and was a member of the Trailblazers.  In 1959, he received the Silver Beaver Award in scouting in Las Vegas.  He was a member at large of the Boulder Dam Council, Boy Scouts of America.
He was pole march of the Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha PSI, the first Greek-Letter Fraternity established in Las Vegas.  He was also a Shriner and 32nd Degree Mason.
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Last updated on 10/11/2007 by Mr. Mains