Rachel Booth

 

Rachel Booth, 79, Oconee County native, died Wednesday.  She was the widow of Richard Booth.  A valedictorian at Oakway High School, Booth started in 1971 at the University of Maryland one of the country’s first adult nurse practitioner programs.  Later she was inducted into the Alabama Nursing Hall of Fame.  The burial will be 11 a-m Sauturday at Earles Grove Baptist Church Cemetery near Westminster.  The family suggests that donatons be made to the Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Nursing Scholarship at the University Of Alabama, Birmingham, AL  (205/975-2443).  Condolences may be expressed online by vistiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.  Sandifer Funeral Home is assisting the family.