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Coy Ulysses Booth (deceased)
Coy Ulysses Booth (deceased)
|religion=Missionary [[Baptist]]
|religion=Missionary [[Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]
|alma_mater=[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
[[Louisiana State University]]
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'''Billy Joe Booth''' (April 7, 1940 – June 30, 1972) played professional [[football]] with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League from 196 to 1970. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. After his football career, Booth was an [[Electricity|electrical]] contractor. Booth was killed in 1972 in an airplane crash in the province of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
'''Billy Joe Booth''' (April 7, 1940 – June 30, 1972) played professional [[football]] with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League from 196 to 1970. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. After his football career, Booth was an [[Electricity|electrical]] contractor. Booth was killed in 1972 in an airplane crash in the province of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
==Background==
==Background==
Booth was born and reared in the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His parents were Coy Dexter Booth (1915-2004) and the former Fern Nation (1915-2001). He graduated in 1958 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], where one of his football coaches was his maternal uncle, Patrick Cary Nation (1918-2005), and then in 1962 from LSU, at which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.<ref>Booth obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 2, 1972.</ref>
Booth was born and reared in the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His parents were Coy Dexter Booth (1915-2004) and the former Fern Nation (1915-2001). He graduated in 1958 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], where one of his football coaches was his maternal uncle, Patrick Cary Nation (1918-2005), and then in 1962 from LSU, at which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.<ref>Booth obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 2, 1972.</ref>