UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 30
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In Memoriam :
Emmie Bolden
J U LY 7, 1922 – FEBRUA RY 16, 2017
The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center mourns the loss
of one of its most loyal and longtime supporters, Emmie
Cardwell Bolden, who passed away on February 16 at the
age of 94.
Born in Evergreen, Alabama, on July 7, 1922, Mrs. Bolden
was the first of two children born to Lofton and Emmie
Pitts Cardwell. After graduation from Evergreen High
School she attended Huntingdon College before entering
the work force in Evergreen. It was in Evergreen where she
met and married Herman Bolden, her husband of 71 years.
The Boldens lived in Evergreen two decades before his
work brought him to Birmingham, where Mrs. Bolden
became active in civic and community affairs. Having
had several family members affected by cancer, the
Boldens developed a keen interest in cancer research and
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treatment, which led to their lifelong support of the UAB
Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their first gift in 1977
enabled the still-young center to accelerate its progress
toward becoming a world-class cancer research and
treatment facility, and their support continues to this day.
Mrs. Bolden and her husband were charter members
of what would eventually become the Cancer Center’s
Advisory Board, and in 1988 they provided the lead gift to
add three research floors to the Wallace Tumor Institute,
where the fifth floor is named in their honor. In addition to
her charitable causes, Mrs. Bolden had a passionate love of
flowers and collected jewelry, chocolate pots and jam jars.
Mrs. Bolden is survived by her husband Herman, son
Stanley C. Bolden, granddaughter Caroline B. McCormic
and sister Vam C. York of Gainesville, Florida.
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