Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Carmen Elaine Boothe Doles, 65, of Rosepine,will be held at Rosin Creek Pentecostal Church, Harrisonburg, Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1 p.m. with the Revs. A.J. Kimball and George A. Boothe
officiating. Committal services will follow at the Ellis Boothe Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Jonesville.
Mrs. Doles entered eternal rest on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital,
Alexandria. She was born on June 3, 1944 in Wisner to the union of Ellis M. and Doretta C. Boothe. Elaine graduated as co-valedictorian of Harrisonburg High School in 1962 where she was an all-district basketball player. She was also a graduate of
Louisiana State University and retired as a budget analyst with the Dept. of the Army at Fort Polk.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ellis M. Boothe, Sr.; maternal grandparents, Henry and Alpha Cooper; and paternal
grandparents, Ellis and Jincy Boothe. She is survived by her adoring husband of thirty-eight years, James Pat Doles; one daughter, Jincy Elaine Newman and spouse David; one son, James Adrian Doles; and one precious grandson, Cade Newman, all of
Rosepine. She is further survived by three brothers, Leo Boothe and wife Kim of Dunbarton; Shelby R. Boothe, of King Salmon, Alaska; and Ellis M. Boothe, Jr. and wife Mary Beth of Jonesville. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends mourn her
passing.
Serving as pallbearers are nephew Patrick Boothe, Chris Boothe, Joey Boothe, Barry Boothe, Wiley Boothe and also Joe Hall and David Simmons. Honorary pallbearers will be Wyatt Boothe and Cade Newman.
The family
received friends at Rosin Creek Pentecostal Church from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, November 6, 2009. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngsfh.com.