Wayne C. Boothe, of Cordell, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015, in Oklahoma City, at the age of 91 years, seven months, 16 days. Services will be held at the Cordell First Baptist Church, Saturday, December 19, at 11:00 a.m., with Terrell Romberg and R.B. Mathis officiating. Burial will be at the Cordell Lawnview Cemetery, under the direction of Musick-Varner Funeral Home. Wayne Claude Boothe was born April 28, 1924, to Berniece and Claude Boothe of Cordell. He was raised on the family dairy farm west of Cordell. He attended Cordell High School and graduated in 1942. Wayne married Mary Lee Stafford on December 4, 1943. Wayne C. Boothe They moved to Stillwater, where he attended Oklahoma A&M. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, graduating in 1950, with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Wayne was Oklahoma’s first national FFA Star Farmer of America in 1943. He served as the Oklahoma state FFA Secretary in 1942, and State FFA President in 1943. He worked for the Oklahoma State Agriculture Department during college, grading watermelons. Upon graduation, he went to work for Swift and Company, traveling from Texas to Nebraska. Wayne then went to work for Oklahoma Farm Bureau, as the Field Services Director and Junior Farm Bureau Director. After moving his family back to Cordell to return to farming, he served on the State Farm Bureau Board of Directors for many years. He was also a member and officer of the Oklahoma Shorthorn Association. While living in Cordell he ran a farming operation and raised cattle and hogs. Wayne also started several businesses including, two Champlin Gas Stations, the Cordell Chemical Company, and later the Cordell Farm and Garden Supply Store which he operated until the time of his retirement. He was very active in the Cordell First Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, and on various church committees. At the time of his death he was the oldest active Deacon. Wayne was also active with the Washita County Museum and Historical Society, where he wrote a weekly column in The Cordell Beacon as well as writing and publishing a book on Washita County History. He served on the Washita County Soil Conservation Board, and also served as the Republican Representative on the Washita County Election Board and was a voting delegate to several state and national Republican Conventions. Wayne’s other honors include: Cordell Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, OSU Alumni attending the most Homecomings, Washita County Free Fair Hall of Fame Inductee, Beef Superintendent of the Tulsa State Fair, Committee member of National Cotton Council, Governor Belmon’s Appointee on the State Board of Agriculture, and he served on the Elk City Hospital Board of Directors. Wayne married Alice Humphrey on October 4, 2015. They made history as the oldest couple in Washita County to be issued a marriage license. Wayne was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Mary Lee Stafford Boothe; his parents, Claude and Berniece Boothe; and his grandson, Kit Straub of Lone Wolf. His survivors include his wife, Alice Humphrey Boothe, of the home; sister, Patti Arnold of Midwest City; his son and daughter-in-law, Max and Phyllis Boothe of Cordell; daughter and son-in-law, Nickie and Gary Straub of Lone Wolf; daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Wayne Foster of Tulsa; stepdaughter, Jo Humphrey Kamphaus and husband Tim of Yukon; stepdaughter, Karel Humphrey Payne and husband Ron, of Stillwater; grandchildren, Shane Boothe and wife Debra of Tipton, Kristy Spalding and husband Wes of Corn, Brent Straub and wife Amie of Lone Wolf, Cassie Straub of Weatherford, and Lynne Dooley and husband Bryan of Farmington, Arkansas; five step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.