630. BOLDEN – Paul Luther – June 15, 1922 – May 21, 1979
“Medal of
Honor MSGT US Army WWII”
BOLDEN –
Violet Lorine – April 23, 1927 – Blank
HUNTSVILLE TIMES
Monday, May 21, 1979
Medal Of Honor Winner Paul Bolden Dies at 56
Paul BOLDEN, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner who
was Madison County’s most-decorated veteran of World War II, died this morning
at Huntsville Hospital. He was 56.
Bolden was awarded the nation’s highest military honor
from President Harry TRUMAN for outstanding bravery in the 1944 Battle of the
Bulge in Belgium. He single-handedly
killed 35 German SS troopers while a sergeant commanding an American fighting
unit.
For his heroism in the battle and other European
campaigns, Bolden was awarded the Silver Star, four Bronze Stars, and the
Belgian Croix de Guerre, among other decorations in addition to the Medal of
Honor.
Bolden, who worked after the was as a civilian employee
at Redstone Arsenal, made his home on a farm near the Tennessee state line at
Ardmore.
Spry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES
Tuesday, May 22, 1979
Paul Bolden
Paul L. BOLDEN, 56, of Route 2, Ardmore, died Monday at
Huntsville Hospital. The funeral will
be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Spry Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will be in Moon Cemetery with full military
rites. The Rev. Tony DEMONBRUN will
officiate.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Violet L. BOLDEN; four
sons, Paul L. BOLDEN Jr. and Thomas BOLDEN, both of New Hope, Matthew BOLDEN of
Fort Knox, Ky., and Aaron BOLDEN of Ardmore, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Eva
Jean DEMONBRUN of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Mrs. Linda SHAFER of New Hope and Miss Mary
BOLDEN of Ardmore; five brothers, Monroe BOLDEN and James BOLDEN, both of
Ardmore and Percy BOLDEN, Floyd BOLDEN and Lloyd BOLDEN, all of Huntsville;
three sisters, Mrs. Mammie STEWART and Mrs. Sue ACCARDO, both of Chicago, and
Mrs. Bertie Mae MULLER of Ardmore; and four grandchildren.