Reverend Dr. Charles Boleyn, 81, is a retired minister whose influence has reached across the southern United States.  He was born in Hindman, the eldest  child of attorney Guilford and Maude Wooton Boleyn.

Rev. Boleyn  enrolled in Hindman Settlement School, where he spent five years, graduating in 1933.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College, a bachelor of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, and a master of Systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York.  He was later presented with am honorary  doctorate of Divinity from Kentucky Wesleyan.                        

His rearing by Christian parents, religious training at the Settlement School, and conversion at Kentucky Wesleyan prepared him for 47 years of pasturing. While in seminary at Emory, he met and married Mildred Dunwoody.  After two successful years in Virginia, he moved to north Georgia, serving churches in Atlanta and several other cities.                                                                          

In addition to pasturing, Rev. Boleyn taught classes at Emory-at-Oxford, at the seminary, and at various leadership training schools.  He also served on numerous conference boards and agencies  In each community of residence, he was active in civic affairs, including serving a chaplain of the university of "Georgia football team for 11 years.  Presently he is a trustee of Asbury Theological-Seminary at Wilmore, Ky., and of Wesley Homes, Inc., in Atlanta.               

After retirement, Rev. Boleyn remained active with 13 years of radio devotional broadcasts in Georgia.  His love for is native Kentucky led to a five-year broadcast of "Power for Living Today" from WJMD in Hazard.  He also conducted a newspaper ministry and held revivals, including one in recent years at the Hindman Methodist Church.  he has never forgotten his Hindman heritage and is  faithful supporter of Hindman Settlement School.                                   

Rev. Boleyn has four daughters a retired teacher; a senior secretary to the president of the University of Georgia; administrative assistant of the Woodruff foundation; and an attorney who heads the Criminal Division of the Office of the Georgia Attorney General, appearing often before the U.S. Supreme court
Rev. Boleyn now resides in Athens, Georgia, after a lifetime of dedication to serving others.

Corbett Mullins
May 5, 2003