Carl Vernon (Vern) Boothby Jr. We have lost a dear friend, Vern Boothby, aged 79, who died on June 21. Boothby was a resident of Ponte Vedra, FL, but spent his last days at the Hospice Care at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Vern battled Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in…