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Submitted: 12/3/21 • Approved: 12/4/21 • Last Updated: 12/7/21 • R1404225-G0-S3
HOSPITAL CORPSMAN US Navy HM
September 24, 1924 - September 04, 2018
Morris Harold “Moss” Holloway husband of Avis Pauline (Lawson) Holloway. Morris Harold “Moss” Holloway son of John M Holloway and Florence (Covington) Holloway.
Marriage: 19 Aug 1949 Lawrence County, Arkansas*
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**obituary
Morris Harold “Moss” Holloway
24 Sept 1924 - 04 Sept 2018
Morris Harold "Moss" Holloway, 93 of Jonesboro, passed away Tuesday September 4, 2018 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.
He was born September 24, 1924 in Alicia, AR to John M. and Florence Covington Holloway. He was a Navy veteran and served as a hospital corpsman on the USS Solace in the South Pacific. He worked at Caterpillar tractor company in Peoria, IL in 1950. He also worked at G.E. in Jonesboro for 32 years. He lived on highway 91 near Egypt until 1978, then moved to Jonesboro area. He was a member of the American Legion and attended the Washington Avenue Church of Christ.
Morris was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Otis; and 5 sisters, Edith, Ethel, Mildred, Margaret, & Anna Belle.
He is survived by his wife, Avis Lawson Holloway of South Wind Heights, Jonesboro, whom he married August 19, 1949; daughters, Sherry Morgan & husband Ed of Powhatan, and Regina Escue & husband Scott of Jonesboro; grandchildren, Holly Wilson & husband Khris, April Morgan, Ashley Whittingham & husband Kevin, Derek Escue & wife Lauryn, and Eric Escue; and great grandchildren, Kanyon, Cole, Remi, Nola, and Barrett.
Visitation is Friday September 7, 2018 from 12:00PM-1:00PM at House-Gregg Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Funeral services are Friday September 7, 2018 at 1:00PM at House-Gregg Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge with Steve Norris officiating.
Burial is in Lawrence Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of House-Gregg Funeral Home of Walnut Ridge & Lynn, Arkansas.
Obituary provided courtesy of House-Gregg Funeral Home Walnut Ridge and Lynn, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Published Sept 2018
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