Carroll Hollings was born in the village of Spring Hill, Iowa to Alexander and Nora Belle (McGlothlen) Hollings. He was the younger brother of Lena (Hollings) Sutphin who was 9 years older and adored him.
He was an outstanding basketball player and softball pitcher in high school as well as an expert rifle marksman and hunter.
When he was 29, he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Anchorage, Alaska. He participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign for which he received the Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
He met and married Ruth Elgelina Atterbury and they had four daughters: Vicki, Sherri, Cindi and Kim. Sherri died in 2009 of Stage 4 breast cancer.
Carroll graduated from Capital City Commercial College and worked for Yazman Wholesale and Iowa Variety Wholesale.
Carroll died six months after suffering a stroke; he died at the VA Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.
He loved carmel popcorn, black jelly beans, nuts and watching one college basketball game on tv while listening to another game on the radio. He was a big Elvis fan and he took us kids to every Elvis movie that came to the drive-in.
He could steer the car with his knee, always drove a Buick station wagon (to hold all his samples) until they were no longer made.
He was a fine man, son, brother, father, husband, uncle, friend and grandfather whose presence is still missed after all these years. He will never be forgotten.
What my sisters and I wouldn't give to have him back for just one more day.
He was an outstanding basketball player and softball pitcher in high school as well as an expert rifle marksman and hunter.
When he was 29, he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Anchorage, Alaska. He participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign for which he received the Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
He met and married Ruth Elgelina Atterbury and they had four daughters: Vicki, Sherri, Cindi and Kim. Sherri died in 2009 of Stage 4 breast cancer.
Carroll graduated from Capital City Commercial College and worked for Yazman Wholesale and Iowa Variety Wholesale.
Carroll died six months after suffering a stroke; he died at the VA Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.
He loved carmel popcorn, black jelly beans, nuts and watching one college basketball game on tv while listening to another game on the radio. He was a big Elvis fan and he took us kids to every Elvis movie that came to the drive-in.
He could steer the car with his knee, always drove a Buick station wagon (to hold all his samples) until they were no longer made.
He was a fine man, son, brother, father, husband, uncle, friend and grandfather whose presence is still missed after all these years. He will never be forgotten.
What my sisters and I wouldn't give to have him back for just one more day.
Carroll Hollings was born in the village of Spring Hill, Iowa to Alexander and Nora Belle (McGlothlen) Hollings. He was the younger brother of Lena (Hollings) Sutphin who was 9 years older and adored him.
He was an outstanding basketball player and softball pitcher in high school as well as an expert rifle marksman and hunter.
When he was 29, he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Anchorage, Alaska. He participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign for which he received the Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
He met and married Ruth Elgelina Atterbury and they had four daughters: Vicki, Sherri, Cindi and Kim. Sherri died in 2009 of Stage 4 breast cancer.
Carroll graduated from Capital City Commercial College and worked for Yazman Wholesale and Iowa Variety Wholesale.
Carroll died six months after suffering a stroke; he died at the VA Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.
He loved carmel popcorn, black jelly beans, nuts and watching one college basketball game on tv while listening to another game on the radio. He was a big Elvis fan and he took us kids to every Elvis movie that came to the drive-in.
He could steer the car with his knee, always drove a Buick station wagon (to hold all his samples) until they were no longer made.
He was a fine man, son, brother, father, husband, uncle, friend and grandfather whose presence is still missed after all these years. He will never be forgotten.
What my sisters and I wouldn't give to have him back for just one more day.
He was an outstanding basketball player and softball pitcher in high school as well as an expert rifle marksman and hunter.
When he was 29, he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Anchorage, Alaska. He participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign for which he received the Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
He met and married Ruth Elgelina Atterbury and they had four daughters: Vicki, Sherri, Cindi and Kim. Sherri died in 2009 of Stage 4 breast cancer.
Carroll graduated from Capital City Commercial College and worked for Yazman Wholesale and Iowa Variety Wholesale.
Carroll died six months after suffering a stroke; he died at the VA Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.
He loved carmel popcorn, black jelly beans, nuts and watching one college basketball game on tv while listening to another game on the radio. He was a big Elvis fan and he took us kids to every Elvis movie that came to the drive-in.
He could steer the car with his knee, always drove a Buick station wagon (to hold all his samples) until they were no longer made.
He was a fine man, son, brother, father, husband, uncle, friend and grandfather whose presence is still missed after all these years. He will never be forgotten.
What my sisters and I wouldn't give to have him back for just one more day.
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