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Robert Lee "Bob" Jolley

Male 1921 - 2004  (83 years)


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  • Name Robert Lee "Bob" Jolley  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 27 Jul 1921  Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1942  Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 21; RelationToHead: Self 
    Military 1942  [4] 
    Occupation: R R Donnelley And Sons Co; Complexion: Light; EyeColor: Blue; HairColor: Brown; Height: 6 5; Weight: 170 
    SSN issued Bef 1951  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Social Security Number 311-03-0472  [3] 
    Death 20 Dec 2004  Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6] 
    • ROBERT LEE JOLLEY

      HICKORY Robert Lee "Bob" Jolley, 83, of 9th Street Drive, N.E., died Dec. 20, 2004, at his residence.

      He was born July 27, 1921, in Crawfordsville, Ind., son of the late Ray Alfred Jolley and Helen Florence Cunningham Jolley Douglas.

      MEMORIAL SERVICE: 3 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God in Hickory, where he was a member

      He was a retired captain of the US Army and owner-operator of Church Marketing Printing and Advertising. He was a lifelong printing and advertising sales representative having worked first for RR Donnelley in Crawfordsville, Indiana for 16 years and served as President of Geographical Publishing in Dekalb, IL. He was a developer of large family Bibles for other publishers, collecting art from several Christian Universities including Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts University and from Mexican Missions. He worked in sales at Kingsport Press in Kingsport, TN and was the former owner of Carolina Ruling and Binding. He founded Jolley and Sons Printing and Lakeshore Press, both in Denver, NC. He has mentored and helped develop other marketing and sales businesses in Catawba, Lincoln and Gaston counties. In 1964 he ran unsuccessfully for the state senate with the slogan, "Send Jolley to Raleigh." He and his wife, Reah, helped establish the NC Republican Party and he is credited with starting the four-day workweek in N.C.

      SURVIVORS: Second wife, Virginia Wilkes Jolley of the home; two daughters, Dietra Marie Jolley of Asheville and Gail Jolley Garrett of Denver, NC; a stepdaughter, Erin Todd of Hickory; three sons, Douglas Ray Jolley of Denver, NC, Robert Andrew Jolley of Statesville, NC and Patrick Miller Jolley of Denver, NC; 12 grandchildren, Sandi Barger, Scott Garrett, Chandra Jolley, Kara James, Beth Hoskins, Stephen Hoskins, Patrick Jolley II, Adam Jolley, Staci Jolley, Caitlyn Jolley, Cory Jolley and Jason Todd; and two great-grandchildren, Forrest Jolley and Reah Grace Barger.

      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: His first wife, Reah Maxine Miller Jolley

      OFFICIATING CLERGY: Pastor Brian Campbell and Pastor Larry Estes

      MEMORIALS: Palliative Care and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658

      Online condolences may be shared with the family at: jenkinsfuneralhome@conovernet.net

      ARRANGEMENTS: Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service

      Newspaper Title: Gaston Gazette, The
      Newspaper Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, US
      Obituary Publication Date: Dec/23/2004
    Burial Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1697  tng Genealogy

    Father Ray Alfred Jolley,   b. 15 Jul 1897, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1922, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Helen Florence Cunningham,   b. 1 Feb 1903   d. 2 May 1970 (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Mar 1920  Montgomery, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F3855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Virginia Wilkes,   b. 12 Dec 1933, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 2023, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1995  Denver, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jul 1921 - Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 21; RelationToHead: Self - 1942 - Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsSSN issued - Bef 1951 - Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1995 - Denver, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Dec 2004 - Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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      1930 U.S. Federal Census. Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, ED 22, roll 620, page , image 339.0.
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    2. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159539719.
      Record for Robert Lee Jolley
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    3. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;).
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      Record for Ray A Jolley
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