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Charley Gifford Bollinger, age 98, of Marble Hill, MO died Friday, February 20, 2004 at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born December 17, 1905 in Marble Hill, MO, the son of John Andy and Minnie Bollinger. He and Marjorie Hopkins were married March 2, 1933 in Bollinger County.

Mr. Bollinger was a member of the Marble Hill Bible Chapel, graduated from Lutesville High School and later played with an independent basketball team, the Cape Crescents. He taught in a one-room school at Hog Creek in Bollinger County, served on the Bollinger County Library board, the Twin City Park Board and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, he served on the Grand Jury in Bollinger County.

He was in partnership with his father-in-law, C. F. Hopkins, operating a milling business in Puxico, Missouri and grocery stores in Whitewater and Bell City, Missouri. In 1970, he retired and moved with his wife to Marble Hill. Where they lived until August of 2003 when they moved to Cape Girardeau. He served in the Army National Guard in the 1920’s.

Survivors include; his wife, Marjorie; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Gene Bollinger of Waynesville, Missouri; Jim and Jan Bollinger of Marble Hill; Tim and Janet Bollinger of Warner Robbins, Georgia; four sisters, Connie Mayfield, Belva Banta, Hazel Hutson and Mary Lou Hansen, all of Marble Hill; three brothers, Carl Bollinger of Richmond, Virginia, Truman Bollinger of Cape Girardeau, and Dick Bollinger of Marble Hill; seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one sister and three brothers.

Memorial contribution may be made to the Bible Chapel Building Fund of Marble Hill, MO or to the fund of your choice.

Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill Saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral service will be Sunday at 1:00 PM at the funeral home chapel with Dr. John Englehart and Frank Burgess officiating. Burial will follow in the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill.