Everett Wallace Boone

Everett Wallace Boone, age 94, of Canton Georgia passed away 11/11/2020. He was born on November 22, 1925, and was the youngest son of late father Ellis Phipps Boone and mother Hildreth Foster Boone of Rutherford, New Jersey. He was preceded in death by sister Martha Clinch, and brothers Jack and Charles Boone. He went to Valley Forge Military Academy and later attended Bucknell University. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps at the age of 19 and fought in the battle of Okinawa, something that he could always remember in vivid detail. He was placed in the position of Runner to the Lieutenant in charge of his squadron when a former Runner was killed. He and Ross were in a separate location on a hillside able to see the rest of the squad getting inundated by mortar fire that killed most of them. That affected him greatly, and he was always reminded of it during any July 4th celebration. Upon getting out of the military at the close of WWII, he went to work at Liberty Mutual Insurance and continued there for 35 years. He met and married Patricia Zaun of Montclair New Jersey and they had 4 children; Shari Foster, David Brooks, Richard Craig, and Bruce Tyler Boone. They took up residence in Hauppauge New York, where 60’s life included lots of pool parties and swimming lessons for the neighborhood. The family moved to Georgia in 1970 when they bought a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise. He was a man of eternal optimism and great patience. He took on a love of building models that started with crafting an architectural model of a church he was a member of. He had a fascination with trains, and this led to building a 20 x 20’ HO gauge train layout in a dedicated room in the basement complete with all scratch built buildings, train cars, and incredible detail. There were in the range of 70 model buildings with inside detail he scratch built from cardboard and other scrap material. Other projects included working with a live steam club on Long Island NY, where patrons could ride on special flatcars fitted with seats being pulled by steam engines. The tracks were about 8” apart and went for miles. He built a large 1” scale refrigerator car (about 5 feet long) complete with ice storage that would keep beer cans cold and built a full model train station to go along with it. He built an intricate 8’ working wooden roller coaster scale model from strips of balsa wood. He got interested in building flying model planes and built several of them. He then went to model ships and they got more and more complex. His last ship took over a year to build. He could pore over a model ship building magazine for hours and loved taking the time to get the details just right. In his final years, he didn’t have a care in the world, and always had a rosy outlook. He loved to watch the Atlanta Braves on TV, and he came to the workshop to work on his models during working hours. He outlived three wives; Pat, June Marshall, and Nell Hurt, but had a full life and was survived and loved by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and extended family. Everett was always a proud Marine. He could spot a fellow Marine’s car decal a mile away yet couldn’t see a deer standing in the woods right in front of him. Going on an Honor Flight to Washington DC was a highlight of his life. True to his military background, he left us on Veterans Day, 11/11/2020 around the 11th hour. He would want any donations to go to a military cause such as Wounded Warriors or others.