Ruth "Red" Bolin

Shelby, NC - - Ruth Juanita "Red" Dover Bolin, 77, of 226 Lily Street, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby.

Born in Gaffney, she was the wife of Danny Lee Bolin and daughter of the late Edward Leonard "Fatz" Dover, Sr. and Ruth Painter Dover.  She was a graduate of Gaffney High School, a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.  She loved her family, gardening, yard sales and shopping.

Surviving in addition to her husband is a son, Charles Edward Gowan of Gaffney; a grandson, Jonathan Allison; three grandchildren, Nathan Allison, Zane Allison and Drew Allison; numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Anke Gowan, three brothers, Edward L. Dover, Jr., Gary Wayne Dover and Ricky Eugene Dover and a sister, Carolyn Jewel Dover Russell.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at Blakely Funeral Home.  Funeral services will follow at 11:00 AM in the Blakely Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Ashby Blakely officiating.  Interment will be in Frederick Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Cherokee County Humane Society, P.O. Box 2223, Gaffney, SC 29342 or St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

The family will be at their respective homes.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC