Dan E. Boling, age 76, of Florence, passed away Saturday, Oct.13, 2012.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 17 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Spry-Williams Funeral Home, Florence. The service will be Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in funeral home chapel with Brother Gordon Hood and Reverend Ragan Boling officiating. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers are Homer Womack, Darrell Pickel, John Humes, Tim Bowling, Mike Jones and Bill Grissom.
Dan was born June 11, 1936, to Reverend William Daniel Boling and Janie Ragan Boling in Warrior, Ala.
Dan graduated from Cherokee Vocational High School, attended Athens College and graduated from University of North Alabama (Florence State). Following graduation in 1959, he entered the United States Army Reserves and retired in 1985 as Master Sergeant. These years were most rewarding to him and he always said “a great bunch of good men”
He worked for the Recreation Deptartment of Florence and loved working with the youth. In 1960, he was hired by the Florence Electric Deptartment and retired in 1998 as Credit Supervisor.
Dan loved sports and played baseball and basketball at Athens College and basketball at Florence State. He was an avid fan of The University of Alabama football and basketball programs. He went to football games for over 50 years (Roll Tide Roll). For many years he managed his own independent basketball teams in the Florence area as well as playing on them, these men he never forgot.
He is survived by his loving wife, Patty McCravy Helmick Boling and her sons, Gary, Kim and Glenn Helmick; his brother, Reverend Ragan W. Boling, of Birmingham, Ala.; two nephews, Greg and Tim Boling, of Birmingham; niece, Cindy Romans (Pat), of Fla.; seven very close cousins.
A sincere thank you to Savannah Health Care, Savannah Tenn., nurses, CNAs and all departments for your loving care of Dan and the kindness shown to both of us. To Dr. Ricky Irons, Sallie, Dr. Wilson and all his “girls”, Thank You.
You may sign the guest register at Spry-Williams .com.
