Double marker with Renna T. Hollis
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Obituary
Warren, Arkansas
Thursday
The Eagle Democrat
December 22, 1960
CARL HOLLIS
Carl Hollis, A Warren and Bradley County leader for decades, died in the Bradley County Memorial Hospital last Thursday. He ws 88, and had been in failing health for several months.
But he was active in the operation of the Merchants and Planters Bank up until less than a year ago, when he relinquished position of president of the institution, but remained as bank chairman.
His banking career had almost no parallels in Arkansas.
Born in 1872 in Dorsey County, now Cleveland County, he was a member of a family that was to have a distinguished record in Arkansas life. His childhood home was located on Highway 8, just southeast of Hollis Special, which was named for his family.
He went to the University of Arkansas, and was extended appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point when he was a junior. He rejected the appointment because of his mother's illness.
He briefly taught school in Cleveland and adjoining counties after leaving college and then became a clerk at a Kingsland dry goods store just before he went into banking.
Mr. Hollis went to work as a clerk at the Merchants and Planters Bank in 1900, just ten years after the institution's founding. He rose quickly in the bank, not only on a local level, but in the respect other bankers had for him. By 1918, he was president of the Arkansas Bankers Association and on the death of Henry Turner in 1928, was named president of the institution.
From that time until his death last Thursday, he was the Merchants and Planters Bank's chief officer. A solid businessman with the amazing vision, he instituted home demonstration work in the county around the time of World War I when he engaged Miss Roxie Hobbs, a home economics graduate, to assist the county's farm women. He was at the forefront of nearly every civic endeavor.
Mr. Hollis was also director, vice president, and chairman of the board of the Peoples Building and Loan Association at Little Rock 32 years. Last October, he was named director emeritus.
With Herbert L. Thomas of Little Rock, he founded the Pyramid Life Insurance Company in 1925. His brother was the late John Hollis, president of the Peoples Building and Loan Association of Little Rock. Another brother was the Late M. C. Hollis, mayor of Pine Bluff.
Mr. Hollis was on the official board of the First Methodist Church here and was active in church lay work. He had been a delegate to national Methodist conclaves, and was considered to be one of the leaders of Arkansas Methodism for many years. He was a charter member of the Warren Rotary Club.
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Renna Turner Hollis of Warren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Frazer's Chapel by Rev. D. Mouzon Mann. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer Funeral Home.
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Obituary
Warren, Arkansas
Thursday
The Eagle Democrat
December 22, 1960
CARL HOLLIS
Carl Hollis, A Warren and Bradley County leader for decades, died in the Bradley County Memorial Hospital last Thursday. He ws 88, and had been in failing health for several months.
But he was active in the operation of the Merchants and Planters Bank up until less than a year ago, when he relinquished position of president of the institution, but remained as bank chairman.
His banking career had almost no parallels in Arkansas.
Born in 1872 in Dorsey County, now Cleveland County, he was a member of a family that was to have a distinguished record in Arkansas life. His childhood home was located on Highway 8, just southeast of Hollis Special, which was named for his family.
He went to the University of Arkansas, and was extended appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point when he was a junior. He rejected the appointment because of his mother's illness.
He briefly taught school in Cleveland and adjoining counties after leaving college and then became a clerk at a Kingsland dry goods store just before he went into banking.
Mr. Hollis went to work as a clerk at the Merchants and Planters Bank in 1900, just ten years after the institution's founding. He rose quickly in the bank, not only on a local level, but in the respect other bankers had for him. By 1918, he was president of the Arkansas Bankers Association and on the death of Henry Turner in 1928, was named president of the institution.
From that time until his death last Thursday, he was the Merchants and Planters Bank's chief officer. A solid businessman with the amazing vision, he instituted home demonstration work in the county around the time of World War I when he engaged Miss Roxie Hobbs, a home economics graduate, to assist the county's farm women. He was at the forefront of nearly every civic endeavor.
Mr. Hollis was also director, vice president, and chairman of the board of the Peoples Building and Loan Association at Little Rock 32 years. Last October, he was named director emeritus.
With Herbert L. Thomas of Little Rock, he founded the Pyramid Life Insurance Company in 1925. His brother was the late John Hollis, president of the Peoples Building and Loan Association of Little Rock. Another brother was the Late M. C. Hollis, mayor of Pine Bluff.
Mr. Hollis was on the official board of the First Methodist Church here and was active in church lay work. He had been a delegate to national Methodist conclaves, and was considered to be one of the leaders of Arkansas Methodism for many years. He was a charter member of the Warren Rotary Club.
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Renna Turner Hollis of Warren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Frazer's Chapel by Rev. D. Mouzon Mann. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer Funeral Home.
Double marker with Renna T. Hollis
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Obituary
Warren, Arkansas
Thursday
The Eagle Democrat
December 22, 1960
CARL HOLLIS
Carl Hollis, A Warren and Bradley County leader for decades, died in the Bradley County Memorial Hospital last Thursday. He ws 88, and had been in failing health for several months.
But he was active in the operation of the Merchants and Planters Bank up until less than a year ago, when he relinquished position of president of the institution, but remained as bank chairman.
His banking career had almost no parallels in Arkansas.
Born in 1872 in Dorsey County, now Cleveland County, he was a member of a family that was to have a distinguished record in Arkansas life. His childhood home was located on Highway 8, just southeast of Hollis Special, which was named for his family.
He went to the University of Arkansas, and was extended appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point when he was a junior. He rejected the appointment because of his mother's illness.
He briefly taught school in Cleveland and adjoining counties after leaving college and then became a clerk at a Kingsland dry goods store just before he went into banking.
Mr. Hollis went to work as a clerk at the Merchants and Planters Bank in 1900, just ten years after the institution's founding. He rose quickly in the bank, not only on a local level, but in the respect other bankers had for him. By 1918, he was president of the Arkansas Bankers Association and on the death of Henry Turner in 1928, was named president of the institution.
From that time until his death last Thursday, he was the Merchants and Planters Bank's chief officer. A solid businessman with the amazing vision, he instituted home demonstration work in the county around the time of World War I when he engaged Miss Roxie Hobbs, a home economics graduate, to assist the county's farm women. He was at the forefront of nearly every civic endeavor.
Mr. Hollis was also director, vice president, and chairman of the board of the Peoples Building and Loan Association at Little Rock 32 years. Last October, he was named director emeritus.
With Herbert L. Thomas of Little Rock, he founded the Pyramid Life Insurance Company in 1925. His brother was the late John Hollis, president of the Peoples Building and Loan Association of Little Rock. Another brother was the Late M. C. Hollis, mayor of Pine Bluff.
Mr. Hollis was on the official board of the First Methodist Church here and was active in church lay work. He had been a delegate to national Methodist conclaves, and was considered to be one of the leaders of Arkansas Methodism for many years. He was a charter member of the Warren Rotary Club.
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Renna Turner Hollis of Warren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Frazer's Chapel by Rev. D. Mouzon Mann. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer Funeral Home.
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Obituary
Warren, Arkansas
Thursday
The Eagle Democrat
December 22, 1960
CARL HOLLIS
Carl Hollis, A Warren and Bradley County leader for decades, died in the Bradley County Memorial Hospital last Thursday. He ws 88, and had been in failing health for several months.
But he was active in the operation of the Merchants and Planters Bank up until less than a year ago, when he relinquished position of president of the institution, but remained as bank chairman.
His banking career had almost no parallels in Arkansas.
Born in 1872 in Dorsey County, now Cleveland County, he was a member of a family that was to have a distinguished record in Arkansas life. His childhood home was located on Highway 8, just southeast of Hollis Special, which was named for his family.
He went to the University of Arkansas, and was extended appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point when he was a junior. He rejected the appointment because of his mother's illness.
He briefly taught school in Cleveland and adjoining counties after leaving college and then became a clerk at a Kingsland dry goods store just before he went into banking.
Mr. Hollis went to work as a clerk at the Merchants and Planters Bank in 1900, just ten years after the institution's founding. He rose quickly in the bank, not only on a local level, but in the respect other bankers had for him. By 1918, he was president of the Arkansas Bankers Association and on the death of Henry Turner in 1928, was named president of the institution.
From that time until his death last Thursday, he was the Merchants and Planters Bank's chief officer. A solid businessman with the amazing vision, he instituted home demonstration work in the county around the time of World War I when he engaged Miss Roxie Hobbs, a home economics graduate, to assist the county's farm women. He was at the forefront of nearly every civic endeavor.
Mr. Hollis was also director, vice president, and chairman of the board of the Peoples Building and Loan Association at Little Rock 32 years. Last October, he was named director emeritus.
With Herbert L. Thomas of Little Rock, he founded the Pyramid Life Insurance Company in 1925. His brother was the late John Hollis, president of the Peoples Building and Loan Association of Little Rock. Another brother was the Late M. C. Hollis, mayor of Pine Bluff.
Mr. Hollis was on the official board of the First Methodist Church here and was active in church lay work. He had been a delegate to national Methodist conclaves, and was considered to be one of the leaders of Arkansas Methodism for many years. He was a charter member of the Warren Rotary Club.
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Renna Turner Hollis of Warren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Frazer's Chapel by Rev. D. Mouzon Mann. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer Funeral Home.
