Rowland Bolton

Rowland P. Bolton, 93, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009 at his residence. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009 at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Gerald A. Little officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Parks Bolton, Jimmy Dickinson, Peter Wilkin, John David Lane, Wilkin Lane, and Tuffy Nussbaum serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends Friday, January 2, 2009 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 7067, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Mr. Bolton was born October 12, 1915 in Cedartown, GA, the son of Charles Warren Bolton and Adene Parks Bolton. He graduated from Cedartown High School and the University of Michigan. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and was the retired President of Callahan Insurance Agency. He was an Elder of First Presbyterian Church where he taught Sunday School for over 50 years. He was a past president of the Bainbridge Rotary Club, former director of Bainbridge Country Club, former volunteer for Boy Scouts of America, and an avid fisherman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Haidee Thompson Bolton. Survivors include his son, R. P. "Buster" Bolton, Jr. and his wife Carroll of Bainbridge, GA; three daughters, Haidee "Prissy" Wilkin and her husband Lawson of Port St. Joe, FL, Adene "Deanie" Waldrop and her husband Harry of Atlanta, GA and Florence "Beaver" Dollar and her husband Clifford of Bainbridge, GA; seven grandchildren, Peyton Lane, Peter Lawson Wilkin, Jr., Sarah Bolton, R. Parks Bolton, III, James Rowland Dickinson, Sallie Waldrop, and Dee Waldrop; four great-grandchildren, John David Lane, Wilkin Lane, Hunter Dickinson, and Emma Dickinson.