More detail on this person: Army Civilian
instructor, John B. Bolling, ORWAC 69-12, dies
after helicopter crash.
The Associated Press (via Army Times) Posted :
Wednesday Mar 14, 2007 11:35:46 EDT
FORT RUCKER, Ala. A civilian flight instructor
died from injuries he suffered when a UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopter crashed near Opp during training
at Fort Rucker. Authorities said the pilot, John
B. Bolling, 61, of Enterprise, died Monday at
Southeast Alabama Medical Center from injuries he
received in the crash Saturday.
Bolling was part of a four-person crew aboard the
chopper when it went down at Skelly Airfield. The
three other crew members were Army aviation flight
school students and were treated at a local
hospital for minor injuries and released, The
Dothan Eagle reported Tuesday.
John B. Bolling, 61, of Enterprise, Ala., went to
be with his Lord Monday, March 12, 2007 at
Southeast Alabama Medical Center from injuries
sustained in a helicopter crash.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 16, at 10
a.m. from Open Door Baptist Church with the Rev.
John McCrummen officiating. Burial will follow
with full military honors at Meadowlawn Cemetery
with Patterson-Sorrell Funeral Home directing. The
family will receive friends at Open Door Baptist
Church, Friday beginning at 8:30 a.m. and continue
until service time. The family will be at the home
of Sam Stone, 204 Allegheny Lane in Enterprise.
The family requests in lieu of flowers,
contributions are made to the Gideon's
International, P.O. Box 310173, Enterprise, AL
36331-0173.
John was born May 18, 1945 in Liberty, Texas to
the late Henry R. and Eleanor Hayes Bolling. After
high school he entered the U.S. Army retiring in
1988 after having served 20 years. He was
presently serving as a civilian instructor pilot.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam war where he
served as a medevac pilot. He was a member of
Open Door Baptist Church as well as the Gideon's
International.
Survivors include his wife, Jody Bolling,
Enterprise, Ala.; daughter, Betsy Lee (John), Port
Lavaca, Texas; son, Robert H. Bolling (Heather),
Katy, Texas; sister, Dianne Miller (Brooks),
Liberty, Texas; seven grandchildren; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
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