Patricia F, Boatwright
Mrs. Patricia Anne Foxworth Boatwright, 90, entered her eternal home Saturday, July 26th, 2025. Born in Marion, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Howard and Ruby Wright Foxworth.
Pat, as she was known by her friends, was a graduate of Marion High School. She was a homemaker, wife, mother and an active member of her church. Pat was a member of the DAR, and a founding member of the Martha Ministry at the Marion Presbyterian Church. She loved any opportunity to serve others. She enjoyed playing bridge with her girlfriends, enjoyed various book clubs, and was a member of the Azalea Garden Club and circle groups through the years.
Pat spent 72 wonderful years as wife to her sweetheart, Edward Austin Boatwright, and was mother to Steven Earl Boatwright (Julia) of Myrtle Beach and Katherine Boatwright Flowers (Marshall) of Darlington. Her greatest love aside from her Lord was that of her family. She was a loving grandmother of four and a great grandmother of nine. She was known as “Mimi” and her beloved name of “Mimi-Muffin,” Pat considered her greatest joy in life that of being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
Mrs. Boatwright was preceded in death by her beloved sister Helen Marie Jordan and her loving brother William Stacey Foxworth.
The family will hold a private burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion on Thursday, July 31st.
A funeral service for Ms. Pat will follow later Thursday afternoon, July 31st at 3:00 P.M. in the Sanctuary of Marion Baptist Church, with the Reverend Adam Work officiating. The family will receive friends following the service, there at the Church.
The family wishes to express their deepest appreciation for the loving caregivers and wonderful staff at the Hospice House in Florence, SC, as well as to Steve Jordan, Ms. Maxine and to Karen and Perry Grice.
Memorials may be made in her honor to the Thornwell Home for Children, 302 South Broad Street, Clinton, South Carolina 29325 or online https://www.scpictureproject.org/donate.
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