Beautelle “Bootsie” Ewing Crowder, of Summerville, widow of Benjamin Crowder, entered into eternal life on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
Funeral service will be held Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 2 o’clock at Summerville Baptist Church, Summerville. Burial will follow at Dorchester Memory Gardens, Summerville.
Friends may visit at the church from 1 o’clock until the hour of service.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Charleston, SC 29406.
Boots was born June 17, 1937 in Rockingham, North Carolina, daughter of the late Lloyd and Leoma Baker Ewing. She attended Anderson University. She was an active member of Summerville Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and drama director. She was a member of the Joy Singers and Fidelis Sunday school class. She taught and choreographed dance for 23 years and was an actor and dialect coach in the film industry and a member of the screen actors guild.
Surviving are:
Her daughter: Susan Sargent and her husband Charles
2 granddaughters: Savannah and Kate Sargent
2 sisters: Patsy Withers and Kaye Birt and her husband Wesley.
1 niece: Adrienne Birt
2 nephews: David Withers and Eric Birt
2 great nieces: Caroline and Brenna Craighead and Jillian Birt
1 great nephew: Andrew Birt
She was predeceased by her son: Randall Ewing Prince.