[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATION OF LIFE: THE LATE LEO EARL HOLLIE SR.

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2010

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, George S. Patton, 
Jr. said ``It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we 
should thank God that such men lived.'' For that reason, on July 14, 
2010 we did not mourn Mr. Leo Earl Hollie Sr.'s death, rather we 
celebrated his life.
  He left behind his wife of forty-two years and his two children, 
Constance Hollie-Ramirez and Leo E. Hollie, Jr. In addition to his wife 
and children, he leaves behind 6 brothers, 4 sisters and 7 
grandchildren. He will rest in peace with his late mother Ella B. 
Mallard, his late brother Kent Hollie, his late brother Columbus 
Hollie, and his late brother Charlie Frank Hollie.
  Mr. Hollie was a faithful member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist 
church and a proud twenty-year coach of the Oak Cliff Cowboys. He was 
also a member of the Teamsters Union Local #745 and had been recently 
re-elected as the Dallas county Precinct Chair of District #3302. Not 
only did he serve his community in the Dallas area, but he served his 
country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War Era.
  Madam Speaker, we are proud of our community leader and the 
accomplishments he has left behind. We will not mourn that he has left 
us behind; rather we will rejoice what he has left behind.

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