Sarah "Susie" Nell Litsey Bookout

Sarah (Susie) Nell Litsey (Lightsey) Bookout, of Montgomery, Alabama and Bozeman, Montana, passed away on January 16, 2016 after many years with Parkinson’s disease.

She is survived by her husband, Henry Ellis Bookout; her daughter, Marilyn “Sue” (Jim) Hamilton of Bozeman; her granddaughters, Erin (Wyatt) Larson and Katrina Hamilton of Bozeman; her great-grandchildren, Keilan Segi and Carmen Larson; her sister-in-law Maragret Lightsey of Mobile, Alabama, nephews, James (Sharon) Lightsey of Daphne, Alabama and Keith Lightsey of Nashville, Tennessee and nieces, Elizabeth Massingale and Sharon Woods of Mobile, Alabama.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Guy and Katie Era (Price) Litsey of Alexander City, Alabama, her brother, James Marylon Guy Lightsey of Mobile, Alabama and her infant daughter, Janice Ann Bookout.

Born in Dadeville, Alabama, on March 17, 1929, she was a farmer’s daughter who became a military wife. She worked as a secretary and administrative assistant at the Economy Gas Company and Aaronoff Construction Company during her early years of marriage before becoming a civil servant who worked at Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Wiesbaden, Germany, as well as Gunter and Maxwell Air Force Bases in Montgomery, Alabama.

She was a devoted Christian, active member of Frazier Memorial Church and the Air Force One Chapter of the Eastern Star in Montgomery, Alabama.

Sarah and Henry moved to Bozeman in 2009 where they resided at the Bozeman Lodge. The family wishes to thank the staff at the Bozeman Lodge as well as the special caregivers from Home Instead, especially Lori Bussi, along with the many friends and acquaintances she made while living at the Lodge.