Services for James Russell Booker will be 9:00am Friday December 20, 2019 at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. He was born May 5, 1943 in Union South Carolina and passed away November 30, 2019 in Temple. He retired in Killeen as a Command Sargent Major from the U. S. Army after 28 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife Anna. Survivors include daughters Sharon Dees and Dorisa Weaver, and granddaughter Antoinett Hart. The family will receive visitors from 6-8pm Thursday December 19, 2019 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen.