Glenn F. Boatman

Published 12:07 pm Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Glenn F. Boatman died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, at his home. He was 72.

Mr. Boatman was born in Stewart. He was the founding member of the Boatman Family musical group and the owner of Boatman Trucking. He was a member of Bible Holiness Church of Vicksburg and Souls Haven Church in Tomnolen, Miss.

He was preceded in death by his father, Gladys Boatman and his mother, Lorene Dodd Boatman; and one sister, Christine Campbell.

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Survivors include his wife, Doris Allen Boatman of Vicksburg; two sons, Glenn A. Boatman and Ray Boatman, both of Vicksburg; three daughters, Judy Crowley of Eupora and Rebecca Sanderson and Lisa Braswell, both of Vicksburg; two sisters, Dorothy Hines of Jackson and Ann Berry of Louisville, Miss.; two brothers, W.L. “Wesley” Dodd of Eupora and Dale Boatman of Stewart; and 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Services were today at 11 a.m. at Oliver Funeral Home in Eupora with the Revs. Doyce Armstrong, James Caffey and Steve Rowland officiating. Burial followed at Reeds Chapel Cemetery.