Husband of Caroline Peterson Holloway
Jordan Holloway was born in Chappells, S.C. He attended Chappells schools, and then graduated from Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN. He attended Furman, University of Virginia and University of SC. He graduated from the Medical School of South Carolina in 1935. He did his Internship at the Orange County Hospital in Orange, California. In 1936, he returned to Greenwood to practice with Dr. Scurry. In 1937, he moved to Ware Shoals to establish a medical practice with Dr. Joe Williamson.
The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, he volunteered as a Navy Doctor. His military career took him to Africa then onto El Paso, Texas. From there, he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. Training for the Invasion of Iwo Jima took place on the Big Island of Hawaii starting in Sept. 1944. In Jan 1945, troops sailed for Iwo Jima with the invasion starting in Feb. He was part of the Medical Corps during the invasion. After Iwo Jima, the 5th Marine Division sailed back to Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Japan. When Japan surrendered, the 5th Marines were sent to occupy Japan. Jordan returned home December 1945 to his wife and three sons.
He studied at MUSC in Charleston until returning to Ware Shoals in 1947. He remained in medical practice there until he retired to Chappells in 1975.
Jordan Holloway was born in Chappells, S.C. He attended Chappells schools, and then graduated from Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN. He attended Furman, University of Virginia and University of SC. He graduated from the Medical School of South Carolina in 1935. He did his Internship at the Orange County Hospital in Orange, California. In 1936, he returned to Greenwood to practice with Dr. Scurry. In 1937, he moved to Ware Shoals to establish a medical practice with Dr. Joe Williamson.
The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, he volunteered as a Navy Doctor. His military career took him to Africa then onto El Paso, Texas. From there, he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. Training for the Invasion of Iwo Jima took place on the Big Island of Hawaii starting in Sept. 1944. In Jan 1945, troops sailed for Iwo Jima with the invasion starting in Feb. He was part of the Medical Corps during the invasion. After Iwo Jima, the 5th Marine Division sailed back to Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Japan. When Japan surrendered, the 5th Marines were sent to occupy Japan. Jordan returned home December 1945 to his wife and three sons.
He studied at MUSC in Charleston until returning to Ware Shoals in 1947. He remained in medical practice there until he retired to Chappells in 1975.
Husband of Caroline Peterson Holloway
Jordan Holloway was born in Chappells, S.C. He attended Chappells schools, and then graduated from Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN. He attended Furman, University of Virginia and University of SC. He graduated from the Medical School of South Carolina in 1935. He did his Internship at the Orange County Hospital in Orange, California. In 1936, he returned to Greenwood to practice with Dr. Scurry. In 1937, he moved to Ware Shoals to establish a medical practice with Dr. Joe Williamson.
The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, he volunteered as a Navy Doctor. His military career took him to Africa then onto El Paso, Texas. From there, he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. Training for the Invasion of Iwo Jima took place on the Big Island of Hawaii starting in Sept. 1944. In Jan 1945, troops sailed for Iwo Jima with the invasion starting in Feb. He was part of the Medical Corps during the invasion. After Iwo Jima, the 5th Marine Division sailed back to Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Japan. When Japan surrendered, the 5th Marines were sent to occupy Japan. Jordan returned home December 1945 to his wife and three sons.
He studied at MUSC in Charleston until returning to Ware Shoals in 1947. He remained in medical practice there until he retired to Chappells in 1975.
Jordan Holloway was born in Chappells, S.C. He attended Chappells schools, and then graduated from Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN. He attended Furman, University of Virginia and University of SC. He graduated from the Medical School of South Carolina in 1935. He did his Internship at the Orange County Hospital in Orange, California. In 1936, he returned to Greenwood to practice with Dr. Scurry. In 1937, he moved to Ware Shoals to establish a medical practice with Dr. Joe Williamson.
The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, he volunteered as a Navy Doctor. His military career took him to Africa then onto El Paso, Texas. From there, he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. Training for the Invasion of Iwo Jima took place on the Big Island of Hawaii starting in Sept. 1944. In Jan 1945, troops sailed for Iwo Jima with the invasion starting in Feb. He was part of the Medical Corps during the invasion. After Iwo Jima, the 5th Marine Division sailed back to Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Japan. When Japan surrendered, the 5th Marines were sent to occupy Japan. Jordan returned home December 1945 to his wife and three sons.
He studied at MUSC in Charleston until returning to Ware Shoals in 1947. He remained in medical practice there until he retired to Chappells in 1975.
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William Jordan Holloway M.D.
August 31, 1908 - May 4, 1999
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Under the wide and starry sky
Dig my grave and let me lie;
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me;
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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