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