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Marshall Bouldin Obituary
Clarksdale
Marshall Jones Bouldin, III, 89, a portrait artist, died Nov. 12, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN. Visitation is Thursday, after burial services at the family home in Clarksdale, MS. Funeral services are 11:00 am Thursday at First Presbyterian Church in Clarksdale, MS with burial in the Bouldin Family Cemetery. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements.
Mr. Bouldin graduated from Clarksdale High School and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He received the following awards, the Portrait Society of America Life Time Achievement Award, Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Life Time Achievement Award, a retrospective lifetime exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art, an honorary Doctorate from Belhaven College. His portraits have hung in The White House, on Capitol Hill, in Museums, and in public and private collections across the country. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include: wife of 58 years Mary Ellen Stribling Bouldin. four sons: Marshall Bouldin IV his wife Annette of Jackson, MS, James Bouldin and his wife Belen of Barcelona, Spain, Mahlon Bouldin of Memphis, TN and Jason Bouldin and his wife Alicia of Oxford, MS. Sister Helen Jones of Greensboro, NC. Three grandchildren Ana, Elena and William Bouldin
Preceded in death by his parents Marshall J. Bouldin Jr., and Laurenze Cooper Bouldin.
Memorials may be sent to First Presbyterian Church, 900 West Second St., Clarksdale, MS
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Nancy Vincent
November 18, 2012
He was a gifted artist and friend to all.he will be sorely missed. He never passed the choir room on Sunday without complimenting the choir on their music. What a treat to say that I knew him. His quiet, gentle manner was an admirable trait.
Glenda Griffith
November 15, 2012
My prayers for the comfort of his family, for we know where he is, but there is an empty place in our hearts now. I am priviledge to have known Mr. Bouldin many years ago when I worked at the library there in Clarksdale. My family has known him, and his family, through out the years. Exelle Hall, my father, who always spoke so highly of him. Clarksdale had much to be proud of to claim Marshall Bouldin!
Glenda Halll Griffith
William Campbell
November 15, 2012
Mary Ellen and family, I have memories of Marshall's art and the esteem that my mother held for his ability. My cousin, Hammond Atkins, shared that admiration. Marshall will be remembered and his art will live on.
Dr. William B. Campbell [Billy]
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November 14, 2012
God is near to those that are broken at heart and those crushed in spirit he saves. God will sustain you and help you to endure.
November 14, 2012
Am thinking of the Family...my blessings. Ivey Jackson. Bham, AL
David Allen
November 14, 2012
May God Bless Marshall, A TRUE national treasure. Here is an excellent video showcasing Marshall.
http://vimeo.com/5999616
November 14, 2012
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave everlasting comfort and good hope by means of undeserved kindness comfort your hearts and make you firm in every good deed and word.
Jay Wiener
November 14, 2012
Marshall was an exceptionally sweet and thoughtful man. The world would be a better place if everyone was like him. I feel for the void that his loss leaves. Please know that you have my sympathy.
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