Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, July 1, 1993 TAG: 9307010289
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-BOLLING, WILLIE R., ("PAPA BILL")
BOLLING, Willie R., ("Papa Bill"), 83, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday,
June 29, 1993, in a local hospital. He was a retired fireman for Roanoke City.
He was predeceased by a stepdaughter, Rose Flint. He is survived by his wife,
Muriel Walker Bolling; three sons, J. Roy Bolling, Roanoke, Billy Ravone
Bolling, Mobile, Ala., Douglas R. Bolling, Va. Beach; one daughter, Pansy B.
Linkous, Roanoke; four stepchildren, Joe Clare, Ft. Myers, Fla., James Givens,
Charles Givens, both of Roanoke, Joyce Cole, Roanoke; one brother, Woodrow
Bolling, Danville; three sisters, Zella Boger, Graham, N.C., Eleanor Burke,
Siler City, N.C., Lucille McDowell, Roanoke; 12 grandchildren; 16
stepgrandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 22 stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 2, 1993, from the Garden City
Baptist Church with the Rev. Don E. McCaskill officiating. Burial to follow in
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Lotz Vinton Chapel.
by CNB