Reuben L. Boswell, 89, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away at 1:35 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Born in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1927 to Lawrence Goebel and Ernestine Moss Boswell, Reuben graduated in 1949 from Evansville College.  He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran.

He was Executive Director of the Henderson Housing Authority and Section 8 for 42 years, receiving many awards for high standards and managerial skills.  He was president of the Kentucky State Housing Association twice and served on the SE conference in housing education from 1975 until 1990.  He retired in 1994.

He and Bill Hodge started the Henderson Tennis Club to promote the youth and adult tennis with improved tennis facilities in the community. He worked the tennis tournaments to help raise money for the Water Street courts and matching grants from the government to their fundraising local efforts.  They raised thousands of dollars over the years to promote Henderson's tennis programs during the summers for the youth and their tournaments.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ellen Boswell Reibold, who died in 2005.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Barbara Nickell Boswell; one daughter, Julie Boswell Cropper and her husband, Jeff Cropper, of Alexandria, Kentucky; three grandchildren, Mary Bachmeier, Daniel Cropper, and David Cropper; four great-grandchildren, Oliver Lockett, Charlie Ellen, Roman Grant, and Thea Scout; and one nephew, Kenneth Davis.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.

There will be no service.