Mr. Jim Albert Booker

September 22, 1950 - November 6, 2014

Old Hickory, Tennessee Age 64. Passed away at Summit Medical Center. Jim Albert Booker was born September 22, 1950 in Galveston, Texas to parents Annie Mae and Willie Earl Booker. He departed this life on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Jim was preceded in death by parents and grandparents, Will and Alma Booker and other aunts, uncles and loved ones. The family later moved to LaMarque, Texas, where Jim went to elementary, high school and later attended, Grambling State University. He was a music major at Grambling and also played the trumpet in the marching band. Jim found Christ at an early age and became a member of Live Oak Missionary Baptist church. He later became a member at Progressive Baptist Church, LaMarque, Texas and Grace Baptist Church, Oakland, California. Later he attended a divinity college to become an ordained minister. Jim was married several times. Earlier marriages produced a son, Jason B. Booker and a daughter, Marcy L. Booker. Jim moved to Oakland, California and later met and married the love of his life, Dorothy J. Morrison and produced a daughter, Meisha N. Booker and a son, Jim A. Booker II. Jim loved learning and acquired a multitude of skills. In addition to becoming an ordained minister, he was licensed as a big rig truck driver and dispatcher, security officer, computer programmer, diesel mechanic, certified as a big rig driving instructor and licensed as a little league baseball coach. Jim loved sports, cooking; camping, computers and he loved people as he considered no one a stranger. He will forever be remembered in the lives of those he touched. Jim leaves to cherish his memory a devoted wife, Dorothy J. Morrison, two sons, Jason (Kerry), Jim A. Booker II, two daughters, Marcy (David) and Meisha N. Booker, two granddaughters, Jada and Jasmine; two grandsons, William and Kalen; two brothers , Robert (Connie) and Ralph (Betty); Aunts, Lizzie Jones, Emma Jean Booker and Betty Jo Booker; Uncles, William Booker and Dallas Booker; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Please keep the Booker Family in your prayers.