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- Herbert BOLTON
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1910
Death Date: 23 Nov 1987
Social Security Number: 255-10-5272
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Georgia
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 30223
Localities: Griffin, Spalding, Georgia
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Herbert A. Bolton Jr., 77, chairman of board of Griffin Hardware
DATE: November 25, 1987
PUBLICATION: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution
EDITION: The Atlanta Constitution
SECTION: STATE NEWS
PAGE: B/10
GRIFFIN, Ga. - Herbert A. Bolton Jr. of Griffin, chairman of Griffin Hardware Co., died of pancreatic cancer Monday at Spalding County Hospital here. He was 77. Mr. Bolton had been hospitalized for three days, a relative said.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Griffin First Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Bolton was president of the hardware company for 50 years, from 1933 until 1983, when he became chairman of the board.
A brother, Arthur K. Bolton of Griffin, was Georgia attorney general from 1965 to 1981.
Herbert Alfred Bolton Jr. was born Sept. 21, 1910, in Spalding County, the third of eight children of Herbert A. Bolton Sr., also president of Griffin Hardware, and Mrs. Eunice Maddox Bolton.
He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1932, and later served in the Army's Pacific theater during World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Bolton was a former Georgia Tech trustee and president of four local groups - the Griffin Chamber of Commerce, Hospital Authority, Credit Bureau, and Rotary Club. He also belonged to the Griffin Development Authority, was a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary, and taught Sunday school at First Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his brother are his wife, Mrs. Fanny Niles Bolton; three sons, G. Niles Bolton of Atlanta and H. Alfred Bolton III and David Bolton, both of Griffin; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Vance of St. Simons Island and Mrs. Julia Fletcher of Jackson; and six grandchildren.
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