Chapter History
The Chester (SC) Alumnae Chapter has been an integral part of the community since its chartering, Saturday, February 27, 1982 at the former Pundt’s Restaurant (now Emmanuel Chapel Missionary Baptist Church) located at the intersection of 72 Bypass and West End Street, Chester, South Carolina by the 7th South Atlantic Regional Director, Dr. Norma Sermon Boyd of New Bern, North Carolina.
The charter officers and members included:
Azzie Lee Hill - President
Barbara G. Bowser- Vice President
Anna S. Boulware - Recording Secretary
Yvonne Freeman Clark - Corresponding Secretary
Virginia G. King - Financial Secretary
Amanda R. Douglas - Treasurer
Yolanda Ann Atkinson Feaster - Chaplain
Edith Spann Bowen - Sergeant-at -Arms
Betsy J. Pearson - Journalist
Ruth M. Reid- Parliamentarian
Mattie Ruth Hardin Ferrell
Sharon W. Peterson
Vivian Ayers-Gray
Front Row (L-R): Azzie Lee Hill, Yvonne Freeman-Clark, Amanda R. Douglas, Yolanda Ann Atkinson-Feaster,
Virginia G. King, and Barbara G. Bowser*
Second Row (L-R): Ruth M. Reid*, Sharon W. Peterson,
Betsy Joanne Pearson, Mattie Ruth Hardin Ferrell*, and
Anna Mae S. Boulware
Not Pictured: Vivian Ayers-Gray and Edith Spann Bowen
*Deceased
Past Chapter Presidents
Azzie Lee Hill 1982-1984
Barbara G. Bowser 1984-1988
Anna S. Boulware 1988-1992
Cynthia P. Roddey 1992-1993
Yvonne Freeman Clark 1993-1994
Betsy J. Pearson 1994-1998
Anna S. Boulware 1998-2002
Azzie Lee Hill 2002-2004
Cynthia P. Roddey 2004-2006
Anna S. Boulware 2006-2010
Betsy J. Pearson 2010-2011
Anna S. Boulware 2011-2014
Sierra C. Hughes 2014-2016
Anna S. Boulware 2016-2020
Chapter Officers
2022-2024 Fiscal Years
Chapter President - Rhonda C. Feaster
Vice President - Kai Burkins
Treasurer - Shareeka Worthy
Financial Secretary - Cresinna Underwood
Recording Secretary - Charita Johnson
Corresponding Secretary - Lydia S. Young
Chaplain - Makeeshria Williams-Tobias
Historian - Anita Springs
Sergeant-at-Arms - Alicia Feaster
Parliamentarian - Cresinna Underwood
Immediate Past President - Anna S. Boulware
Committee Chairpersons
2020-2022 Fiscal Years
Arts & Letters - Kristi Moore
Communication - Kristi Moore
Courtesy & Hospitality - Estelle Cornwell-Stevenson
Emergency Response Task Force - Valerie Kennedy-Robinson
Finance Committee - Shareeka Worthy
Founders Day - Angela Boyd & Carla Robinson
Fundraising Services - Yolanda Atkinson-Feaster & Cresinna Underwood
Heritage & Archives - Betsy J. Pearson
Internal Audit - Marsha Commodore
Internal Chapter Procedures - Rhonda C. Feaster
May Week - Cresinna Underwood & Amanda Douglas
Membership - Samontra Carter
Nominating - Phyllis Williams
Policies & Procedures - Estelle Cornwell-Stevenson
Program Planning & Development - Samontra Carter
Protocol & Traditions - Anna S. Boulware & Shareeka Worthy
Risk Management - Alicia Feaster & Phyllis Williams
Ritual & Ceremonies - Azzie Hill & Betsy J. Pearson
Scholarship - Shareeka Worthy & Annie Frances Howze
Social Action - Anna S. Boulware & Niaya McCleave
Strategic Planning - Angela Boyd & Alicia Feaster
Technology - LaKeisha R. Bell & Alicia Feaster