Arvil Alfred “Buck” Hollis – Obituary

by Lynn McMillen
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buckMr. Arvil Alfred Hollis, better known as “Buck” Hollis, age 96, of Guin, Alabama, passed away Friday, December 19th, 2014 at his residence.

Visitation, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Saturday, December 20th, 2014 at the Norwood Funeral Home in Guin, Alabama. Funeral service, 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 21st, 2014, at the Gu-Win Baptist Church in Gu-Win, Alabama. Bro. Mike Edwards and Bro. Tommy Roberts officiating. Burial in the Love Joy Cemetery.

Mr. Hollis was born July 3rd, 1918, in Lamar County, Alabama, to the late John Glover and Fleata Stanford Hollis. He was a farmer and construction worker. After retiring, he started work at Guin Elementary School as the janitor. This was his favorite work as he loved the children and staff. When a new educational building was constructed a bronze plaque was placed on the front with the name Arvil A. Hollis Educational Building. He was a founding member of the Gu-Win Baptist Church and a Deacon of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. To know him was to love him.

He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Evelyn Woods Hollis, of Guin, AL.; 2 sons, Bobby (Louise) Hollis, of Guin, AL., and Bill (Ruth) Hollis, of Millport, AL.; 2 daughters, Virginia Jones, of Winfield, AL., and Irene (Roland) Whitehead, of Guin, AL.; 2 daughters-in-law, Scyglenda Hollis, of Tuscaloosa, AL., and Maedean Busbee Hollis Sandlin, of Winfield, AL.; 21 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by 1 brother, Felix Sizemore Hollis; 6 sisters, Jennie Hollie, Lizzie Grey, Argie Howard, Artie Kennedy, Rosie Lee Sizemore, and Annie Lou Hollis; 3 sons, Mack Hollis, Ricky Hollis, and an infant son; 1 daughter-in-law Eva Willingham Hollis; and 2 sons-in-law, Ellis Gilbert and Casey Jones.

Norwood Funeral Homes, Inc., of Guin, AL directing.

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