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Bolton's wife, the former Sandra "Sandy" Walker (1941–2010), a native of Pleasant Hill in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, was a daughter of Chester J. Walker, Jr., and Nora Walker of  Ajax in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]. Bolton died four years and one day after the passing of his wife on what would have been their 54th wedding anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=sandra-walker-bolton&pid=141319132&fhid=6593|title=Sandra Walker Bolton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 31, 2010|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>​Al and Sandra Bolton had three children, Albert, Jr., of Hasletin the [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth]] Metroplex, Amanda Jane Bolton of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], and Ryan Walker Bolton and wife Angela of Shreveport, and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>​

Bolton's wife, the former Sandra "Sandy" Walker (1941–2010), a native of Pleasant Hill in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, was a daughter of Chester J. Walker, Jr., and Nora Walker of  Ajax in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]. Bolton died four years and one day after the passing of his wife on what would have been their 54th wedding anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=sandra-walker-bolton&pid=141319132&fhid=6593|title=Sandra Walker Bolton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 31, 2010|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>​Al and Sandra Bolton had three children, Albert, Jr., of Hasletin the [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth]] Metroplex, Amanda Jane Bolton of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], and Ryan Walker Bolton and wife Angela of Shreveport, and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>​

In 2014, Bolton died from complications of a fall.<ref name=ksla/> He is interred alongside his wife at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. His honorary pallbearers included [[Bob Griffin (journalist)|Bob Griffin]], the long-term KSLA sports editor who came to the station in 1961, when [[Don Owen]] and Al Bolton were still in their early years as what developed as long-term news and weather anchors.<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobgriffinonline.com/|title=What's This All About?|publisher=bobgriffinonline.com|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref>​Bob Griffin died in 2020.

In 2014, Bolton died from complications of a fall.<ref name=ksla/> He is interred alongside his wife at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. His honorary pallbearers included [[Bob Griffin (journalist)|Bob Griffin]], the long-term KSLA sports editor who came to the station in 1961, when [[Don Owen]] and Al Bolton were still in their early years as what developed as long-term news and weather anchors.<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobgriffinonline.com/|title=What's This All About?|publisher=bobgriffinonline.com|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref>​ Bob Griffin died in 2020.

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