Lt. Col. William David Booth

MOUNT PLEASANT - Lt. Col. William "Bill" David Booth, USMCR (Ret.), 56, of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, husband of Elizabeth Groble Booth passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015. A Celebration of Bill's Life will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 28, 2015 in Summerall Chapel on the campus of The Citadel. Inurnment will be at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC. MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. Bill was born December 11, 1958 in Mount Vernon, New York, son of Albert James Booth and Jacqueline Hailstone Booth. A 1981 graduate of The Citadel, he was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served during the time of Operation Desert Shield, and was retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. Bill was a retired pilot with United Airlines and loved being out on the water boating and fishing. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Beth" Groble Booth of Sullivan's Island, SC; his parents, Albert James Booth and Jacqueline Hailstone Booth of Williamsburg, VA; his sisters, Cynthia Booth Hines and her husband, Sam of Charleston, SC and Elizabeth Booth Myhre and her husband, Eric of Washington, DC; and his loving nieces and nephews, Elizabeth, Jeb, Sterling, and Sarah. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Bill's memory to Hospice Care of America, 1470 Tobias Gadson Blvd., Suite 107, Charleston, SC 29407 (www.MedicalServicesofAmerica.com).