Boots was born at a very tender, young age. Following that he traveled around the world with his parents. His father was an Army officer and a Ranger in WWII. After his father retired the family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado where he was blessed by God with some athletic ability. He was fortunate enough to get a football/baseball scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma (OU).

While at OU he went through the Army ROTC program and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the regular Army. As one of his assignments he served in Vietnam where among his awards he received three Purple Hearts. Some of his other assignments were at Fort Ord, California; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Lee, Virginia; Turkey (NATO); Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the Pentagon on the U.S. Army General Staff.

After retiring from the Army Boots joined a brand-new company called Microwave Communication, Inc. (MCI). He worked in this startup and later moved to the Plano/Frisco area. He worked through the iterations of MCI (WorldCom) until he left to pursue other interests with other Telecom companies until he retired from Ericsson Inc.

In 2014. Since Boots retired he has done some consulting and spent quality time with his two children and their families to include four (two girls and two boys) of the most fantastic grandchildren a man can have.

Boots is single and enjoys helping veterans through the American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178 in Frisco, Texas.