Memorial service set Monday for former Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar

MONTGOMERY, Al.
Funeral services have been set for former Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar, who died Friday at age 81.

Emory Folmar

His family said in a statement Saturday that a private graveside service is scheduled, followed by a memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Presbyterian Church.
"He was a patriot, a statesman and really the grandfather of the modern Republican Party in Alabama," said state Rep. Mike Hubbard, the first Republican House speaker in more than 100 years and a former GOP state chairman. "He was a Republican before it was cool to be a Republican in Alabama."
Folmar served as Montgomery's mayor from 1977 to 1999, and also worked on the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also made a run for governor in 1982.