Catherine Sumner Boulden
August 31, 1913 ~ December 30, 2005
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Catherine Sumner Boulden, 92, of 139 Johnston Boulevard, Asheville, died Friday, December 30, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Mrs. Boulden was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Conley and Sallie Randall Sumner. She was married for 54 years to Hugh C. Boulden, Sr., who died in 1996, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Sumner. She was a graduate of the Asheville Normal Teachers College and taught for 42 years at Johnston Elementary School. She was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son, C. Hugh Boulden, Jr., a brother, Everette Sumner, and a niece, Marjorie Conger, all of Asheville; a great nephew, several cousins, and her second family of caregivers, Michele White, Robin Champagne, Debbie Kuykendall, Francine Riddle and Marge Huggins.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. James H. Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service and suggest that memorials be made to the Mimi Page Foundation, 1420 North Fork Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you Hugh. Your mom was a Grand Lady.
Everett – I grew up with you as a ‘teacher’ at Deaverview Baptist and Catherine at Johnston School. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. She will be greatly missed.
My mom took care of Cathrine for over a year.I met her briefly and have heard lot’s of Catherine stories from my mom Francine.I will miss the stories and my mom will miss her.God Bless
Just a thought for you and those around you in this time of sorrow. Our prayers go out for you and your mother.
James, Myra, Stewart
Three years and eight months ago,to the refrain,’I don’t want a bunch of strangers in my house’, a group of very special srangers entered my mother’s life, and mine. Little could we have imagined how these ladies would become part of our family. They became the daughters my mother never had, and trusted friends. Over time, they came to truly love her, and she them.
I want to publicly thank Michele White, Robin Champagne, Debbie Kuykendall, Francine Riddle, Marge Huggins, Julie Harris, Julie Grant, and Judy Godfrey for the excellent care and companionship they gave my mother.
They brought out the best in her, her innerself, in ways that I had never seen. In many ways, this time was one of the happiest of her life and I will be eternally grateful.
Hugh
Will be missed by all and never forgotten! God Bless!
I had the priviledge of being one of Catherines’s caregivers for 2 1/2 years. In that time we enjoyed car rides and ice cream, feeding carrots to horses, people watching at the mall and each others company. She was a great Lady and I will truly miss her.
I wish to extend my condolences to Hugh, Everette, Marjorie and the rest of her caregivers. I know that she is smiling down at us and clapping her hands.
I’m glad I was given the opportunity to get to know and love such a beautiful lady. Her sweet smile and laughter will be greatly missed. Debbie Kuykendall
Jiggity-Jig, home again…well my dear Catherine, you are home..now. Michele here. Catherine and I took alot of road trips and every time we drove up, she always said, ‘Jiggety-Jig, Home again’. We laughed.
I remember that Cath didn’t want strangers. I also will never forget the first time Cath shared a memory.
Patience and silence on my part brought out trust with Catherine. ‘Every spring my mother let me and Everette run through the first dew barefoot. Oh, how I wish every day was springtime’.
I am blessed to have known Miss Catherine,she taught me many things and above all, to laugh.
Mrs. Boulden was my second grade teacher and I have always loved her. Also, she was a dear friend to my mother.
Gerry Earle
Huge, We are so sorry to hear of your mother’s passing. Please know that our prayers are with you. She will be missed. Love, Jane
Dear Cuz,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and Uncle Everett.
Sandy