Halifax in Halifax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Frank Eubank Booker, Jr.
Frank Eubank Booker, Jr.
March 15, 1919 - May 18, 1967
Founder & President Booker Grocery Co.
65 S. Main St., Town of Halifax, VA. 1946 - 1967
Halifax County's visionary & Exemplary leader as chairman & member Board of Supervisors 1959 - 1967
Graduate & star athlete
Halifax County Public Schools
Graduate of Hampden Sydney College
World War II veteran - Church leader
Erected 2017 by His son, F.E.B., III on behalf of his Chastain, Edmonston, Dorsey & Booker ancestors.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1946.
Location. 36° 45.907′ N, 78° 55.718′ W. Memorial is in Halifax, Virginia, in Halifax County. It is on South Main Street (U.S. 501) just south of Edmunds Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 65 S Main St, Halifax VA 24558, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Southside Virginia, and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bench (within shouting distance of this marker); History of Halifax (within shouting distance of this marker); Halifax County Confederate Monument
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Mary M. Bethune High School (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Mark Parker, December 12, 2024
3. Bench in front of Booker marker dedicated to Mr. Booker & wife Katherine
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 508 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 5, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on December 13, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.
