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DATE: Wednesday, August 9, 1995              TAG: 9508090365
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

KARL L. BOLDEN

Karl L. Bolden, 31, of the 1700 block of Blair Ave., died Aug. 6, 1995, in Norfolk.

Mr. Bolden worked as a cook for the Naval Base in Norfolk for three years. He was a native of Norfolk and was of the Holiness faith.

He is survived by his parents, Deloris and Richard Alexander of Chicago, Ill.; three sisters, Felicia Ramirez of Panama, Tijuana Alexander, and Meredith Alexander, both of Chicago; three brothers, Terry L. Bolden of Columbia, Md., Richard Alexander and Kenneth Alexander, both of Chicago; grandmother, Mrs. Dorothy Sharpe of Norfolk, Va; aunts, Vivian Smith, and Rose Smith, both of Virginia Beach, Va.; uncles, Oliver L. Bolden and Earl Bolden Jr., both of Norfolk; godson, Isaiah Wilcox; and a host of other aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends.

A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, in Hale Funeral Home Chapel, Norfolk. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, Va. Family and friends will assemble at the home 12:15 p.m. Saturday for the funeral processional to the funeral chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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