Biography of Susie HOLLEMAN, Scott Co, Arkansas ************************************************************************* Contributed by Delaine Edwards. Aug 6 1999 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ************************************************************************* The material transcribed below is from a special edition of the Scott County Advertiser newspaper of 3 April 1991, entitled "A Salute to Scott County Citizens 90 Years and Over." The interviews were done as part of a celebration of the Bank of Waldron's 90th anniversary. They are arranged alphabetically for presentation here. Pictures were included with these short biographies. HOLLEMAN, Susie "Sis": Susie "Sis" Holleman was born in Parks, Arkansas in 1899 to C.A. and Lizzie Parsons. She attended school through the eighth grade in a one room schoolhouse at Dooley. She married John Holleman and they had six children: Charlene Wadkins, Valton Holleman, Monard Holleman, Merle Pryor, Melmo Holleman, and Howard Holleman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church. She attributes her 91 years to faith in God, and to hard work. She says her greatest work in life was establishing the Needmore Assembly of God Church with the help of Eula Calvert, Hattie Wilson and Miles Lovett.