Booker Cole, Jr.

April 13, 1944 - November 10, 1988

Mr. Cole was born April 13, 1944, in Corinth, Mississippi. He married Barbara Moore.

He married Geraldine Rutherford Reed July 21, 1983, in Davenport.

He was employed the last eight years at Xerox Corporation, Davenport, where he was senior customer service engineer and team coordinator. He earlier was employed by Eagle Signal, Davenport.

He had attended Black Hawk College and graduated from Industrial Training Institute, Chicago.

He had been in the Marine Corps Reserves.

He was a member of Marine Corps League; past president of Parents Without Parents; and a member of Q. Link Computer Club.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Rock Island; past president of the church's Men's Club; was involved with the youth program at church; and had served on various church committees.

He enjoyed golf, and was a Dodger fan.

Survivors include his widow; sons, Sean T., a student at Western Illinois University, Macomb, Troy Duane, Wentzville, Mo.; stepsons, Mark Reed, Muscatine, Matthew Reed, Davenport; stepdaughters, Angele Hickman, Bettendorf, Jennifer Reed, Davenport; his father and stepmother, Booker T. Sr. and Mary Cole, Rock Island; and sisters, Thanolia "Nobie" Hudson and Valerie Kiel, both of Rock Island, Gwendelyn Humphries, Champaign, Ill., and Carolyn Fallon, Belleville, Ill.