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| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| spouse=Not mentioned in obituary<br>
| spouse=Not mentioned in obituary<br>
'''Children''':<br
'''Children''':<br>
Kim Booth Thornton<br>
Kim Booth Thornton<br>
Kay Booth Lanier<br>
Kay Booth Lanier<br>
William Kenneth "Fletcher" Booth<br>
William Kenneth "Fletcher" Booth<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
W. T. and Hazel Booth
W. T. and Hazel Booth}}
'''Kenneth Fletcher Booth''', known as '''Ken Booth''' (July 18, 1943 – December 6, 2019), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] engaged for a half century in [[radio]] and [[television]] reporting.
'''Kenneth Fletcher Booth''', known as '''Ken Booth''' (July 18, 1943 – December 6, 2019), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] engaged for a half century in [[radio]] and [[television]] reporting.
A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television in North Louisiana. Noe hired him as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Booth advised journalists to <blockquote>
A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television in North Louisiana. Noe hired him as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref name=knoe>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Booth advised journalists to:
<blockquote>
Be ready to dig. You're going to spend a lot of dull time going through books and papers and chasing this out of the basement of the courthouse and all that kind of business. That's the way you do it. And when you get through it, then you know you got something. Then you can say, 'Gotcha.<ref name=knoe/></blockquote>
Be ready to dig. You're going to spend a lot of dull time going through books and papers and chasing this out of the basement of the courthouse and all that kind of business. That's the way you do it. And when you get through it, then you know you got something. Then you can say, 'Gotcha.<ref name=knoe/></blockquote>