GIVING SPIRIT OF THE GOLDENS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD

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December 3, 2002
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In 1945, Sam Golden was on leave from the Camp Lee Army Base for the first time. When the phone rang at his parents' home in Roanoke, his buddies hollered, "Hey Sam, there is a gal in town and she doesn't have anything to do. How about you take her to the party Christmas Eve?"
"That was Marion," Golden said Monday. His clear blue eyes teared as he remembered his wife of 56 years, who died in October.
During their marriage, the couple set aside money to help others, aiding the construction of Golden Park in Southeast Roanoke.
And in the 1960s, at Marion Golden's inspiration, the pair founded the Sam and Marion Golden Helping Hand Foundation through which they helped about 70 local and ...