Meeker resident William Everett Boggs died Sunday at his home. He was 72.

Mr. Boggs was born August 15, 1926, in Locust Grove to Ben B. and Anna McCausland Boggs.

He married Geraldine McGill in Sedan, Kansas, on May 17, 1946.

He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after serving 30 years as a postal worker in Oxnard, California.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a Seabee in Port Hueneme, California in 1945 and in Point Barrow, Alabama in 1946. He also served as Commander in U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue missions for eight years.

He coached a boy's Little League team that won a national title. He was also a member of Lighthouse of Galilee Church, Shawnee.

Survivors include his wife, Geraldine McGill, of the home; his mother, Anna Boggs, Sparks; two daughters, Lynda Susan Hickman, Rossville, Georgia; and Anna Mae Middleton, Red Bluff, California; two brothers, Raymond Boggs, Sparks; and Bennie Boggs, Prague; two sisters, Louise Stephens, Oklahoma City; and Lucille Kirkham, Sparks; four grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Visitation will be at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel, Meeker, until service time Wednesday.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Assembly of God Church, Meeker, with Pastor Patrick Murphy and Pastor Darrel Phillips officiating.

Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Prague.

Published December 22, 1998.