Shirley Jean Bolan, age 87 of Madison, died September 11, 2026 at Limestone Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born August 28, 1939 in Morgan County, Alabama.
Mrs. Bolan was a member of the Decatur Baptist Church and a retired Deli Manager at Winn Dixie.
She is survived by her sons, John Taylor Bolan, Jr., John Howell Bolan (Darlene), Warren Raynard Bolan (Patricia), Charles Edward Bolan, and Jimmy Paul Bolan (Scarlet), fourteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren, brothers, Thomas Ray Henderson, Paul Wesley Henderson, William Lavon Henderson, and John Thomas Henderson and sister, Vicky Lynn Henderson.
Mrs. Bolan was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Henderson, husband, John Taylor Bolan, Sr., and her daughter, Regina Faye Johnson.
There will be a visitation from 11:00 a.m. to service time on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at Spry Funeral Home of Athens. Services will follow on Wednesday the 16th in the Spry Chapel at 1:00 p.m. officiated by Paul Wesley Henderson and Taylor Lynn Bolan. Interment will be at Madison City Cemetery after services. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
