Carroll Lynn Bolyard

Carroll Lynn Bolyard, 78 of Flemington passed away Friday, June 23, 2023 at Taylor Healthcare Center. He was born in Fellowsville on July 9, 1944, son of the late Clarice Doliver and Esther Leona Hovatter Bolyard.

Carroll was a police chief in Newburg, Constable for Taylor County, C & B Detective Bureau as a Private Investigator along with being a security guard at the Manos Theater, Capri and Grafton Drive-In. Carroll was a member of the First Grace Brethren Church where he was a deacon for many years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and socializing with family and friends.

Carroll is survived by five children, Jim Bolyard and Tammy, Grafton, Charles “Chuck” Bolyard and Stephanie, Panama City, FL, John “Boug” Bolyard and Teresa, Grafton, Jeremy Freeze, and Danny Wayne Freeze; one son-in-law, David L Poling Jr, Thornton; grandchildren, Amy, Brian, Aleece and Timmy, David III and Lara, Kyle, Kelsey, and Bryce; several great grandchildren; three siblings, Charles Elwood Bolyard and Ralph Truman Bolyard, both of Grafton, Ruby E Reid, Leakesville, MS; several nieces and nephews.   

In addition to his parents, Carroll was preceded in death by one daughter, Cathryne Louise Poling on October 14, 2019; three siblings, Margie Shahan, Mary “Genny” Strader, and Diana Athelia Lake.

Friends and family will be received at Bartlett Funeral Home, 202 McGraw Ave., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 from 3 PM until the hour of the funeral at 6:30PM with Pastor Mike Willis officiating. Online condolences can be made at www.bartlettfuneralhomewv. The family would like to thank: Dr Bender, Taylor Healthcare and Amedisys Hospice. Bartlett Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bolyard family.

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