Mary Eliza Bolding

Mary Eliza Bolding, 83, a resident of Dothan, Alabama and formerly of Brantley & Luverne, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6th, 2025, at Henry County Health and Rehabilitation after a long and vigilant fight. Funeral services for Mary will be held at 11 AM on Friday, September 12th, at Brunson Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Malcolm Butts and Rev. Danny Ray Duncan officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery there. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday for one hour prior to the service time.

Mary was born on August 26, 1942 and raised in Brantley, Alabama. She proudly graduated from Brantley High School in 1960, and she went on to work at Luverne Slacks where she became a supervisor. She also worked at the police station in Luverne as a dispatcher and as a certified paramedic with the Rescue Squad. She was very devoted to her family. So when her kids moved to Dothan and needed her, she went too. She was hired at Houston County Sheriff Office where she worked until she retired as a sergeant and she was known as one tough cookie throughout her time there. Due to her love of people and service, after retirement she continued to volunteer. She was once, at different times, the president of Senior World and the president of the Women's Auxiliary at the VFW in Dothan. Mary also volunteered at the food bank and Red Cross. There are so many others but she truly enjoyed volunteering at Landmark Park in Dothan, which gave her the opportunity to enjoy people and do something she truly loved, educate children. Although she was never blessed with grandkids of her own, she always jumped right into conversation about them as she proudly pulled out pictures of her four-legged furbabies! Above all, she was a very independent, strong woman who touched so many lives and was truly one of a kind.

Mary was preceded in death by parents, Sam Kyser & Mary Atwell Fowler; brothers, Jenkins Fowler and Bill Fowler; sisters, Joyce Garner and Barbara Bradley; along with her cherished son, George William "Buddy" Bolding. She is survived by her beloved daughter, Wanda Bolding Alphord, and most devoted son-in-law, Michael Alphord; sister, Betty Baum; and several loving nieces and nephews.

Active pallbearers will be Mike Alphord, Phillip Garner, Jessie Holley, Perry Fowler, Paul Allen, and Danny Ray Duncan.

The family would like to thank Henry County Health and Rehabilitation and Southern Care Hospice for their kindness and loving care during her time with them.