This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOLTON, CRAWFORD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ElB.2ACE/536 Message Board Post: In Loving Remembrance of - Barnett Bolton, Sr. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 6901 Rudsdale Avenue Oakland, California Officiating: Reverend Herbert Guice, Pastor Barnett Bolton was born on October 25, 1917 in Black Ankle, Texas. He was the youngest of eight children born to Reverend Charlie and Bettie Bolton. He was reared in a Christian home and at an early age accepted Jesus as his personal Savior and was baptized in Tabernacle Baptist Church by Reverend F. K. Simon. He graduated from Manual Training High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma. On January 3, 1942, he was united in holy wedlock to Veola Crawford. In 1944, he and his wife moved to Alameda, California where they were blessed with a fine son and twin daughters. He was employed by Bethlehem Shipyard as a machinist, and by Mohawk Petroleum Company, Getty Refinery and Marketing, as a Maintenance Supervisor for over 20 years. In 1983 he was blessed with his own business. On the Battlefield for the Lord: Deacon Bolton was a charter member of the Estuary Community Church, under the pastorate of the late Reverend J. L. Richard and the late Reverend R. D Garrison, and continued faithfully under Reverend Herbert Guice. He served as a Deacon of the Estuary Community Church. When Pastor Guice organized the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in 1953, he was a charter member. He gave the best of his service. He was set apart to the office and ordained as a Deacon of Bethel on June 20, 1954 where he served for 48 years. He served Bethel as a Trustee for 42 years and as a member of the Planning Committee for the Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy. He was called from labor to reward on February 12, 2002. He was blessed to live a full and glorious life on this earth for 84 years. He leaves to cherish his precious memories: one son, Barnett Bolton, Jr. (Winona) of San Leandro, California; two daughters Janet and Jacqueline Bolton of Oakland, California; one grandson, Barnett Bolton III; one great-grandson, Javontae K-X Bolton of Oakland, California; one brother Jonas Bolton, of Houston, Texas; one sister, Magnolia Parham; one brother-in-law, Arthur Crawford (Celia) of Fairfield, California; one guard-daughter, Carol Jean Owsley (Alex) of Oakland, California; four nieces, Elmira Rothschild (Walter) of San Leandro, California, Gladys Turner, Julia Moreland and Jimmie Butler; three nephews, Thomas Bailey, Harry James Moreland, and Carl E. Moreland; and a host of other relatives and friends. Precious memories will linger on of Deacon Bolton as a humble, lovable and peaceful child of God. Interment - Bethel's Memory Garden #1 - Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond, California