Margie Ann Bolden

Margie Ann Bolden, 87, passed away in the late afternoon hours on Monday, January 22, 2024, at Jefferson Lansdale Hospital in Lansdale, PA. Margie Ann or Ann to her husband, “Marjann” to her aunts and cousins, Mom/Ma to her children and Grandma/Gram/Mema to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, was born at home on September 30, 1936, to the late Castor and Loraine Cobbs of Huntington, WV. Margie graduated from Douglas High School, going on to complete her B.S. degree in Medical Technology from Marshall University. In 1960, she married Vernie Lee Bolden and moved with her husband as he pastored in towns and cities along the east coast, all the while raising four children and ensuring they were settled in and ready for new churches, new schools and making new friends. While in Henderson, NC, Margie returned to working outside of the home as a medical technologist, later attaining her degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and ultimately retiring from nursing at Burrell Nursing Center in Roanoke, VA. To her grandchildren and great grandchildren, she was the summer caretaker, Sunday Dinner maker, and watcher of every last episode of Gunsmoke and Law & Order. To her children, she was the listening ear and offeror of advice, making sure that same ear was ready to hear what happened after all was said and done. To them all, she was the netting that connected everyone, ensuring they knew the important things that were going on in each other’s lives. Margie is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Rev. Dr. Vernie L. Bolden, Sr. She will be greatly missed by her four children: Beth Durodoye (Raifu Sr.), Tara Howard, Vernie Bolden Jr. (Angela) and Lori McClaind (Spence); ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and a host of extended family and friends. The family would like to thank the medical staff at Jefferson Lansdale Hospital and Elm Terrace Gardens who provided her care in recent weeks, the nurses and technicians at Fresenius Dialysis Center who oversaw her treatment for the last 12 years and the staff at Transnet who drove her miles and miles while she lived with her daughter and family in Lansdale, PA. The funeral service will be on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Huntington; Rev. Anthony Stradwick is officiating and Rev. Vernie Bolden, Jr. is the eulogist. Interment will follow at Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV. Visitation will be prior to the funeral service from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thank you to Beckett-Brown & Hodges (Philadelphia, PA) Funeral Home and Ferrell-Chambers Funeral Home (Huntington, WV) and for handling final arrangements.

Margie Ann Bolden

September 30, 1936 - January 22, 2024