Basile’s longest serving mayor dies

Berline Boone’s life came to an end on June 20 after an illness that had her on hospice care at her home. Her death gives us time to recall her unselfish lifetime of service to the Basile community and her notable marks on the town’s history. Boone served as mayor of Basile beginning in 2001 when she was elected to complete the unfinished term of Carl Davis Sr., who resigned in 2000. In 200...

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