Memorials can be made to the Linden United Methodist Church or the Linden Cemetery Fund. He was a larger than life Texan who leaves a very large void in many lives. He was a devoted father and grandfather who was adored by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was an avid pilot, owning and flying airplanes until he was 80 years of age. He was an entrepreneur with business in insurance, tree farming, real estate and various other ventures. He was a member of the Linden Masonic Lodge #192, a Shriner, a member of the Linden Lions Club, Linden Chamber of Commerce, former Mayor of Linden and on the Linden Municipal Hospital Board of Directors. He was active in the community, serving in various positions and on various community and church boards. Boon bought Bob Hoague's insurance agency in Linden. He was retired from the Air Force due to his injuries. Boon and Louise Bozeman were married on September 24th, 1949 at Walter Reed Hospital Chapel. On February 2, 1949, he was in a midair collision at Barksdale AFB and was critically injured, followed by over a year of rehabilitation in Walter Reed Hospital. All the crew bailed out, and everyone was O.K. True to his sense of humor, he announced "Byron Bernard Boon says she's bail out boys, she's burning". On a flight to Richmond, Virginia, the plane caught on fire.
Between 19, he was an instructor in the Pilot's Aircraft Instrument Training School at Barksdale AFB in Barksdale, Louisiana. In Alaska, his flying assignment was to keep the route from Alaska to the Hudson Bay open so the Germans could not get a foothold in Newfoundland. He flew BT-13s, AT-6s, B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, P-51s and was involved in moving troops and cargo. Boon ferried all types of airplanes throughout the United States and Canada. He joined the army on Christmas Day in 1941 and entered the Army Air Corps on 1-12-1942. Boon attended East Texas Teachers College, taught school at Warren Springs, was principal at Almira, and from 1940 1941 supervised the National Youth Administration in Linden. Boon was preceded in death by his wife, Lou Boon. He is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Sue and Larry Hill and Brenda Deming all of Linden five grandchildren and spouses, Tanya and Kenneth Recer and Chris and Sonya Hill of Longview, Tammy and Andy Kozsuch of Tyler, Justin and Kim Deming of Pflugerville and Jonathan and Katherine Deming of Mesquite seven great-grandchildren, Ryan Recer, Seth Kozsuch, Sarah Kozsuch, Kate Kozsuch, Kaden Kozsuch, Emma Hill and Payton Deming and numerous nieces and nephews. He passed away Decemin a Linden Nursing Home. Boon was born January 10, 1919, in Carterville, Texas to Andrew Camp (Kemp) Boon and Eudora Kerr Boon. Visitation will be held Friday from 6:00 P.M. Burial will be in the Linden Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis-Schindler funeral Home, Inc. Saturday, Decemat the Linden United Methodist Church with Bro. S.Funeral services for Byron Bernard (B.B.) Boon, 88, of Linden will be 11:00 A.M. Varney, Matthew Weise, Florian Wiesel, Ingrid Wilting, Andreas Wong, Seth T. Stratford, Ken Sukumal, Niti Suwanrat, Saranphat Tantipisanuh, Naruemon Tilker, Andrew Van Berkel, Tim Van der Weyde, Leanne K. Rode-Margono, Johanna Rovero, Francesco Sheil, Douglas Shirley, Matthew H. Olson, David Orbell, Christopher Poulsen, John Ramesh, Tharmalingam Reeder, DeeAnn Reyna, Rafael Rich, Lindsey N. 369 Pages English Customer Perceived Value A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition. 165 Pages Italiano A History of the World: From Prehistory to the 21st Century. Ngoprasert, Dusit Nguyen, An O'Brien, Timothy J. Three hundred & Thirty-Three Twisted Tongue Twisters. Mathai, John Sienne, Julia Metsio Meier, Amelia Mills, David Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan Nakashima, Yoshihiro Nash, Helen C. Jenks, Kate Kalle, Riddhika Kamjing, Anucha Khamcha, Daphawan Kiebou-Opepa, Cisquet Kinnaird, Margaret Kruger, Caroline Laudisoit, Anne Lynam, Antony Macdonald, Suzanne E. Garside, Adrian Gibson, Luke Giordano, Anthony Gopi, Govindan Veeraswami Granados, Alys Gubbi, Sanjay Harich, Franziska Haurez, Barbara Havmoller, Rasmus W. Bahaa-el-din, Laila Bantlin, Drew Bernard, Henry Bitariho, Robert Bohm, Torsten Borah, Jimmy Brodie, Jedediah Chutipong, Wanlop du Preez, Byron Ebang-Mbele, Alex Edwards, Sarah Fairet, Emilie Frechette, Jackson L. Khwaja, Hannah Buchan, Claire Wearn, Oliver R.