Early in married life the couple moved to Martinsville, where she became active in a number of clubs and civic organizations, including the First Methodist Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
She began the 1928 election season without opposition as well, but soon was challenged by Republican R. L. Stone, of Bassett, who ran under the slogan, "Membership in the General Assembly is a man's job".
[1] After serving two terms in office Booker decided to retire from politics, looking after her sick husband until his death while taking care of the house and garden as well.
In 1942, she returned to Richmond to witness the gubernatorial inauguration of Colgate Darden, reconnecting with a number of former colleagues, including Harry F. Byrd, then Senator, who called her "Mother Booker".
She died at the Shacklesford hospital in Martinsville after two months' illness, and was interred in the family plot in that city's Oakwood Cemetery.