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Submitted: 7/25/17 • Approved: 8/1/17 • Last Updated: 8/4/17 • R1189007-G1189007-S3
Ronald
AIRMAN FIRST CLASS US Air Force
Korea
March 13, 1935 - April 14, 2014
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Sunday, April 20, 2014
FAYETTEVILLE — Ronald Dean Hollingshead, 79, of Fayetteville died April 14, 2014, at Washington Regional Medical Center. He was born March 13, 1935, in Kilgore, Texas, the son of Harlow William Hollingshead and Loraine Gillcoatt Hollingshead.
The family fanned in east Arkansas and then moved to Little Rock. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force when he was 17 years old and was stationed in Japan during the Korean War.
After he left the service he went to Northern Illinois University, where he graduated with a degree in English in 1962.
Ron began a career in Meat Inspection with the state of Arkansas in 1970 and then went on to work for the United States Department of Agriculture where he retired in 1997.
He moved to Fayetteville 7 years ago after having spent the previous 25 years in the Mountain Home, Ark., area.
Ron was an active member and leader for many years in Alcoholics Anonymous in Little Rock, Magnolia, Fayetteville, and Mountain Home, Ark. He was always willing to sponsor, help, and financially support anyone who went to AA.
He organized several new AA chapters and treatment facilities. His family was very proud that he had helped so many and that he, himself had achieved over 40 years of sobriety.
Ron was preceded in death by his parents, both of his brothers, and his wife Carolyn.
He is survived by two sons; Ron Alan Hollingshead and his wife Martha, of Fayetteville. Keith Hollingshead of Fayetteville, one daughter; Hilary Lentini and her husband A.J. of Los Angeles; five grandchildren and many other loving family members and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Alcoholics Anonymous, 312 W. North St., Mountain Home, AR 72653.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 3. 2014. at the Arkansas Veterans Home, 1179 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72703.
Arrangements by Epting Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Condolences: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.
Carolyn
July 25, 1940 - August 18, 2013
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE — Carolyn Evans Hollingshead, 73, of Fayetteville, Ark., died Aug. 18, 2013, at the Veteran's Home in Fayetteville, Ark. She was born July 25, 1940, in Anniston, Ala., the daughter of Leonard and Miriam Bowe.
She lived most of her life in Mountain Home, Ark., where she worked as an artist. She and Ron moved to Fayetteville in 2005 to be closer to her family.
Carolyn was survived by her husband of 24 years, Ronald Dean Hollingshead, of the home, two stepsons; Ronald Alan Hollingshead and his wife, Martha, of Fayetteville, Keith George Hollingshead, of Fayetteville; one step-daughter, Hilary Diane Lentini and her husband, A.J., of Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Eleanor, of Seattle, Wash.; and one brother, Stan and his wife, Jerri, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; one brother-in-law, Gwin "Corky" Hollingshead of Fayetteville; five grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Home Chapel in Fayetteville. Inurnment will be at Fayetteville National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, send a donation to Al-anon.
Arrangements by Epting Funeral Home of Fayetteville. Condolences: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.
Contributed on 7/25/17 by judyfrog
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