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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 196
BY SENATORS MILLS AND JOHNS
CONDOLENCES. Express condolences on the death of Howard B. Bolton Sr.
A RESOLUTION1
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the2
death of Howard B. Bolton Sr.3
WHEREAS, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Howard B. Bolton Sr. began a life4
in pharmacy delivering prescriptions by bike for Lakeshore Pharmacy, graduated from Baton5
Rouge High School, and thereafter from Loyola University College of Pharmacy in 1952;6
he served our country as a pharmacist in the United States Air Force; and7
WHEREAS, in 1962 he opened and managed, with his loving wife Betty, Bolton's8
Pharmacy, joined the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy in 1972, and became the executive9
director of the Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy in 1980 where he served for seventeen10
years; and11
WHEREAS, for more than forty years, he remained very active serving the12
community with a litany of charitable work including one of his major humanitarian13
accomplishments with St. Vincent de Paul in opening the first free pharmacy in the state,14
filling seventy-five thousand dollars in free prescriptions during the first year in 1995, and15
more than three million dollars in free prescriptions in 2012; and16
WHEREAS, to give needy and deprived children a calming retreat from their health17
or financial issues, in collaboration with another Kiwanis member, Mr. Bolton created the18 SR NO. 196
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Teach a Kid to Fish Program, providing rods and reels, and enchanting experiences of varied1
Louisiana sportsman paradise venues; and2
WHEREAS, he was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church and3
a Covenant Sunday school teacher, a member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Baton Rouge4
Food Bank, and the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; and5
WHEREAS, Mr. Bolton's volunteer work included support to the Council on Aging,6
Louisiana War Veterans Home, St. Francis House, the Holy Grill, and he served on the board7
for Hospice of Baton Rouge, the Greater Baton Rouge Cancer Society, and the Capitol Area8
Council on Pharmaceutical Education; and9
WHEREAS, as a community activist and volunteer, Mr. Bolton's numerous awards10
included the sixty-third Golden Deeds Award in 2004 from the Inter-Civic Council of Baton11
Rouge and The Advocate, an inductee to the 2013 Acacia Shriners and into the Baton Rouge12
High School Hall of Fame, Louisiana Pharmacist Association Bowl of Hygela Award,13
Louisiana Pharmacist Lifetime Member Award, and a two-time recipient of the Louisiana14
Pharmacist of the Year Award; and15
WHEREAS, Mr. Bolton will be sincerely missed by his loving daughter, Pamela16
Bolton and her husband Ricky Lane; his loving son, Howard B. "Tad" Bolton Jr. and his17
wife Donna Bolton; two sisters, Shirley Bolton Anderson and her husband Carl Anderson,18
and Colleen "Deanie" Bolton Atkinson; six grandchildren, Nealey Lane Shipp and husband19
Jim Shipp, Candace Lane Chapman and husband, Andy Chapman, Lauren Lane and fiancé20
Brent Crawford, Taylor Bolton, Andrew Bolton and his wife Farin, and Kevin Bolton; two21
great-grandchildren, James Shipp and Amelia Shipp; and was preceded in death by his wife,22
of fifty-six years, Betty Atkinson Bolton; and23
WHEREAS, family, friends, and organizations he loved and supported, described24
Mr. Howard B. Bolton Sr. as a man who believed and lived his own adage that, "we can and25
should help the children and people of our area, because we can do so much better together26
that we can independently".27
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana28
does hereby extend its deepest and most sincere condolences to the family of Howard. B.29
Bolton Sr. on his death, and for the multiple community contributions he valiantly made to30 SR NO. 196
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the community and the state.1
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the2
family of Howard B. Bolton Sr.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
Mills SR No. 196
Express condolences upon the death of Howard B. Bolton Sr.