He had been a professional wrestler for 30 years.
Survivors include five sons, Larry W. Booker, James Booker, Jody Booker and Jody Wayne Booker, all of Dyersburg, and Chris Booker of Wilson; two daughters, Angela Booker of Kingston, Tenn., and Jennifer Booker of Dyersburg; his mother, Gladys M. Vernon of Newbern, Tenn.; three sisters, Billie Runions of Dyersburg, Shirley Joyner of Newbern and Patsy Austin of Dyer, Tenn.; four brothers, Charles Booker and Stanley Booker, both of Newbern, Danny Booker of Mason Hall, Tenn., and Ricky Booker of Dyersburg; and one grandson, Christian Booker of Wilson.
He was preceded in death by his father, Lofton Booker, and a brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Christ of King Church in Dyersburg, with the Rev. Clay Nash officiating. Burial followed in Zion Hill Cemetery in Friendship, Tenn., under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home of Osceola.


