CAMDEN – Adney Hamilton Boothby, 94, of Cushing, died June 29, at Windward Gardens.

He was born April 2, 1914, in Livermore, the youngest son of Robert Hamilton and Clara Belle Buzzell Boothby.

He attended Soper School in Livermore and graduated from Leavitt Institute, Turner, in 1931. He earned his bachelor of arts and master’s of education degrees from the University of Maine and took advanced courses at Colby College.

His career included working on the home farm, teaching at Lee Academy, teaching principal in Ashland, principal in Calais, and principal of Rockland High School from 1949 to 1961. He was superintendent of the Carrabec School District in Anson from 1961 to 1971.

In his “retirement,” he served as plumbing inspector with the towns of Owls Head and Cushing, as well as code enforcement officer and chairman of the planning board in Cushing. He continued to drive until age 93. His avocation was carpentry, and over the years, he built five cottages in Turner and two houses in Cushing as well as doing smaller projects.

He was interested in family history and as a descendent of numerous Mayflower passengers was a life member of the Bradford Society. He was also a life member of the National Education Association, a member of the Maine School Superintendents Association, and a member of the Pioneer Lodge of Masons of Ashland.

On July 6, 1935, he married Beverly Louise Pratt. After 35 years of marriage and her death, he married Norma Frances Hoyle Tiffany on Aug. 15, 1971.

He is survived by his wife, Norma; daughters, Roberta McLellan of Livermore Falls and Margaret Mitchell and her husband, John, of Scarborough; four grandchildren, Robert McLellan of Thomaston, Rhonda McLellan Kent of Warren, Jeffrey Mitchell of Wesley, Mass., and Linda Mitchell Strunk of Cape Elizabeth; and several great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his son-in-law, Edward McLellan; and brothers, Clinton, Leslie and Laurence.