ROY LESTER BOLES; 86, of Jonesville, died Monday, January 24, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Boles was born on May 27, 1918 of Pamelia Wall and Joseph Edwin Boles. Mr. Boles attended Guilford College where he played baseball and basketball. He served in the US Navy during WWII, later becoming a professional pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodger Organization. Afterward he returned to Jonesville, NC, and worked for the US Postal Service as a rural mail carrier for 30 years. Mr. Boles was a high school basketball referee and a baseball coach /manager for numerous youth and semi-pro baseball teams in the Elkin-Jonesville area. In 1991 he was inducted into the Guilford College Sports Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Mobile "Bears" Sports Hall of Fame. Mr. Boles was an avid golfer at the Cedarbrook Country Club in Elkin, NC. He was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees NARFE. Mr. Boles was a member of Jonesville First United Methodist Church where he served as a Sunday school superintendent and assisted in various other church activities and committees. Mr. Boles also served his community as a member of the Jonesville School Board. He was preceded by his wife of fifty-seven years, Annette Saunders Woodhouse Boles. Survivors are three children: Saunders Boles Thompson and husband Brian of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada; Les Boles and wife Susan of Irmo, SC; and Frank Boles of Indianapolis, IN; and five grandchildren: Sara Catherine Thompson of Kenora, Ontario, Canada; Emily Jane Thompson of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada; Naomi Leah Thompson of Kitchner, Ontario, Canada; Melissa Rochelle Boles of Munich, Germany; and Carrie Allison Boles of Birmingham, AL; and one great-grandson Alder Thompson Smith of Kitchner, Ontario, Canada. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 28, at 4:00pm at Jonesville First United Methodist Church. A potluck dinner will follow the service. The burial will precede the memorial service at Boonville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Jonesville First United Methodist Church.
