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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Boles was married until his death for sixty years to the former Mary Catherine Furlow (ca. 1928-2010), a native of Elizabeth in Allen Parish, and the daughter of Adelaide and John Furlow. She was a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-catherine-furlow-boles&pid=145677187&fhid=12536|title=Mary Catherine Furlow Boles|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 28, 2010|accessdate=September 28, 2010}}</ref> The couple is remembered for their philanthropy through the Catherine and William R. "Billy" Boles Terrace on the seventh floor of the [[library]] at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/november01/four.html Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Boles was married until his death for sixty years to the former Mary Catherine Furlow (ca. 1928-2010), a native of Elizabeth in Allen Parish, and the daughter of Adelaide and John Furlow. She was a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-catherine-furlow-boles&pid=145677187&fhid=12536|title=Mary Catherine Furlow Boles|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 28, 2010|accessdate=September 28, 2010}}</ref> The couple is remembered for their philanthropy through the Catherine and William R. "Billy" Boles Terrace on the seventh floor of the [[library]] at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/november01/four.html Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In addition to his wife, Boles left behind three daughters and a son: Linda Boles Campbell (born 1949) and husband George M. Campbell, Sr. (born 1948) of Monroe, Diane Boles Kirtland (born 1951) and husband Walter Kirtland (born 1946) of Baton Rouge, attorney Janet Boles Crawford (born 1954) and husband, Baton Rouge attorney-[[lobbyist]] Scott Holland Crawford (born 1953), originally from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and a grandson of Minden banker Castle Overstreet "C. O." Holland (1895-1981), and attorney William R. Boles, Jr. Boles had eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were to be held on August 19 in the First [[Baptist]] Church of West Monroe, with entombment at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum.<ref name=advo/>
In addition to his wife, Boles left behind three daughters and a son: Linda Boles Campbell (born 1949) and husband George M. Campbell, Sr. (born 1948) of Monroe, Diane Boles Kirtland (born 1951) and husband Walter Kirtland (born 1946) of Baton Rouge, attorney Janet Boles Crawford (born 1954) and husband, Baton Rouge attorney-[[lobbyist]] Scott Holland Crawford (born 1953), originally from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and a grandson of Minden banker Castle Overstreet "C. O." Holland (1895-1981), and attorney William R. Boles, Jr. Boles had eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were to be held on August 19 in the First [[Baptist]] Church of West Monroe, with entombment at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum.<ref name=advo/>