Obituary of Toni Rosette Metoyer Booker, 55

Toni Rosette Metoyer Booker was born on Dec. 5, 1964 in Alexandria, Louisiana to parents, Granvel G. Metoyer and Rosia Gilbert Metoyer. Toni accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at the Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of Reverend Roosevelt Shorter, and Reverend Dr. James Hardison, Sr. A graduate of Peabody High School in 1982, Toni received a full Legislative scholarship to Tulane University, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics in 1986, and then she received her Master of Science Degree in Chemistry from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After graduating, she began a career with the State of Louisiana as a nuclear physicist and an environmental scientist. She retired in 2019. Toni was united in matrimony to Lawrence Booker in 1994 and they have two sons, Langston Samuel Booker and Ellison Simon Booker. Toni was A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and served on Educational Boards both at Tulane University and LSU. She also leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Lawrence, two sons, Langston and Ellison, her parents Granvel and Rosia Metoyer, a sister, Karlette Arnold (George), 2 brothers Renwick Metoyer (Linda), and Keith Metoyer (Charlene), and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. A private service for the immediate family will be held at Miller & Hill "The Funeral Directors" on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Toni will be laid to rest in the Louisiana National Cemetery located in Zachary, Louisiana. Please keep the Metoyer & Booker family in prayer in these uncertain times. Miller & Hill