Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Bethany Baptist Church by his pastor, the Rev. Morgan Kizer, assisted by his brother, the Rev. Paul A. Bolen. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Bolen, a native of Orangeburg County, was a son of the late Rev. George E. and Martha Fogle Bolen. He was a senior deacon at Bethany Church and had been a church treasurer for 27 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Gardner Bolen; three children, Mrs. Edward Wells of Columbia, A.H. Bolen of Greenville and Henry G. Bolen of Bell Gardens, Calif.; two brothers, the Rev. Mr. Bolen of Bolen and B.B. Bolen of Florence; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Davis of Columbia, Mrs. Rachel Rollings of Orangeburg and Mrs. Maggie Rutland of Neeses; and six grandchildren.
The Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be Jno. R. Bonnette, T. Garland Bonnette, Leonard Rutland, Hazel Compton and George E. Rollings.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Bethany Church and also J. Leroy Dukes, Dr. W.O. Whetsell, Ray Antley, A.J. Hydrick, Dr. W.L. Henear and Judge Jerry M. Hughes.
Source: Times & Democrat Newspaper, Thursday, 20 July 1950
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Bethany Baptist Church by his pastor, the Rev. Morgan Kizer, assisted by his brother, the Rev. Paul A. Bolen. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Bolen, a native of Orangeburg County, was a son of the late Rev. George E. and Martha Fogle Bolen. He was a senior deacon at Bethany Church and had been a church treasurer for 27 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Gardner Bolen; three children, Mrs. Edward Wells of Columbia, A.H. Bolen of Greenville and Henry G. Bolen of Bell Gardens, Calif.; two brothers, the Rev. Mr. Bolen of Bolen and B.B. Bolen of Florence; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Davis of Columbia, Mrs. Rachel Rollings of Orangeburg and Mrs. Maggie Rutland of Neeses; and six grandchildren.
The Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be Jno. R. Bonnette, T. Garland Bonnette, Leonard Rutland, Hazel Compton and George E. Rollings.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Bethany Church and also J. Leroy Dukes, Dr. W.O. Whetsell, Ray Antley, A.J. Hydrick, Dr. W.L. Henear and Judge Jerry M. Hughes.
Source: Times & Democrat Newspaper, Thursday, 20 July 1950
Family Members
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Mary Ann Bolen Rutland
1866–1925
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Martha Rebecca "Mattie" Bolen Davis
1869–1953
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Rachel Ella Bolen Rollings
1875–1959
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Josephine Alice Bolen Bonnette
1877–1927
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Fannie Olivia Bolen Compton
1879–1940
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Rev Paul Augustus Bolen
1880–1962
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Joanna Eunice "Joe" Bolen Hare
1882–1922
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Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Bolen Rutland
1882–1962
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David Daniel Bolen
1884–1940
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Benjamin Bailey Bolen
1888–1962
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