James H. Bolin

James H. Bolin, age 74, of Russellville, died Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center. A son of the late John Alexander and Etta Ridgley Bolin, he was born April 29, 1936 in Pottsville. He was a former Russellville city police officer, and served Pope County as sheriff from 1981 through 1991. He attended the Crow Mountain Baptist Church. He was also preceded in death by the love of his life, his wife, Helen R. Johnson Bolin; a brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Bessie Bolin; and two sisters and a brother-in-law, Laverne and Joe Brown and Nadine Matchett. Survivors include two daughters: Connie Bolin Dial and her husband, Dr. Patrick Dial, of Pensacola, Florida; and Debbie Bolin Young and her husband, Scott Young, of Hot Springs; three brothers and sisters-in-law: Johnny and Lois Bolin and Billy and Maria Bolin, all of Russellville; and Paul and Betty Bolin of Springfield, Missouri; a sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and Steve Stevens of Springfield; six grandchildren: Kristy Chayne Ball of Fort Smith; Jamey Charles Collins and his wife, April, of Dallas, Texas; Seth Randall Roller and his wife, Kayli, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Patrick Dial of Washington, D. C.; Robert Dial of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Katelin Dial and her husband, Frank Haney, of Washington, D. C.; seven great-grandchildren: Taylor Dee Winford, Andrew James Ball, James Scott “J. J.� Collins, Chayne Elizabeth Ball, Brooklyn Darlene Ball, Hayes Colton Roller and Alice Haney; and his close friend and companion, Delma Casey of Russellville. The funeral service will be at 2 P.M. on Monday, December 20, 2010 at the Shinn Chapel, officiated by Chaplain Paul Northcut and former Pope County Sheriff Jay Winters. Entombment with honors provided by the Pope County Sheriff’s Department will be in the Rest Haven Memorial Park Mausoleum, by Shinn Funeral Service. Active pallbearers will be members of the Pope County Sheriff’s Department. Honorary pallbearers will be sheriffs and former sheriffs of the counties of the state of Arkansas. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, from 3 to 4 P.M., at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Battered Women’s Shelter, Post Office Box 2066, Russellville, Arkansas 72811.