George Brownlee Boone, 96, of Asheville, North Carolina, died Sept. 2, at Deerfield Retirement Community, Asheville.
Born in Watseka, Illinois, he was the husband of Shirley (Talbot) Boone of Asheville, and the son of the late George Ingels and Katherine Sinclair (Brownlee) Boone. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Alma Anne (Cousins) Boone on Dec. 30, 2007.