Nancy H. Boozer

COLUMBIA - Funeral Services for Nancy Hook Boozer, 65, will be held at Incarnation Lutheran Church, 3005 Devine Street, on Tuesday, April 28, at 3:00 p.m. with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, on Monday, April 27, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Mrs. Boozer died Saturday, April 25, 2009 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. A lifelong resident of South Carolina, she was born in Lexington and was the daughter of Ruth Wingard Hook and the late Knowlton McClean Hook. She was a graduate of the University of South Carolina where she earned a B.S .in Accounting in 1986 as well as a B.S. in Secretarial Studies in 1965 and was a Certified Public Accountant.

In addition to a full time career as a self-employed CPA, Mrs. Boozer devoted her life to her family, friends, her church and many volunteer organizations. As an active member of Incarnation Lutheran Church, she served on church counsel as Treasurer; accountant for the Child Development Center; member of the choir and WELCA. Nancy was a Member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs International of South Carolina for 40 years and held numerous offices with both the GFWC-SC and the GFWC-International Federations including President of the Jr. Woman’s Club of Columbia and Palmetto Woman’s Club, which she helped organize in 1984; President, Jr. Director and State Financial Chairman of GFWC-SC; President of the GFWC Southern Region; and served on the Board of Directors of GFWC-International. Nancy also was a member and served in various leadership roles with the National Association of Women’s Business Owners, SC Advocates for Women on Boards and Commissions, Board of Midlands Home and Emergency Fund for Abused and Neglected Children, the Executive Club of the Midlands, Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina Leadership Seminar, and Women Impacting Public Policy. She is listed in Outstanding Young Women of America and was honored as the South Carolina Business Woman of the Year. She also enjoyed gardening, reading, sewing and traveling in her free time.

In addition to her mother, Mrs. Boozer is survived by her husband of forty-one years, Dale Boozer; her son William L. Boozer II and his wife Amy of Columbia; son Robert A. Boozer of Charleston; daughter Kathy B. Boone and her husband Brian of Charlotte; granddaughters Virginia Lindsey Boone and Whitney Elizabeth Boozer; sister Frances H. Price and her husband Phillip R. Price of Gilbert; brother Walter K. Hook and his wife Cindy of Lexington; and a host of aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Endowment Fund GFWC-SC, c/o Tammy Garland, 147 Emerald Road, Seneca, SC 29678 and the Incarnation Lutheran Church, 3005 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205.

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