Newpapers/Obituary: Franklin Emmette Hollenshead  30 Jan 1933
Claiborne Parish, Lousiana
Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Laura Bonde
Date: May 2002



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Obit:  In Memorium:  The pomp of power, the boast of heraldry All the
wealth and beauty ere gave, Awaits
 alike the inevitable hour.  The paths of glory all lead but the grave.
-Gray's Elegy

   The untimely death of Franklin Emmette Hollenshead, cut short an
engineering career of great promise.  It removed from our midst  an
infinite  genius, a perfect gentleman, a true friend and a beloved son
andbrother.  He was born Jan 19, 1904 in the Ruple community near Homer,
Louisiana. Entered the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute at the Ruston, at
the  tender age of seventeen.  He was a star at athletics and a leader
in all activities.  He help many positions of honor, among those being
manager of the college paper, president of the YMCA, president of the
1926 class and was a charter member of the local chapter of the Alpha
Lambda Law, a prominent national fraternity. One of his room mates said
he had more friend than any boy in school.

    He was a member of the Ruple Baptist church, and the Homer Masonic
Lodge, having presented his application on the day he was twenty-one.

   Upon his graduation, he accepted a position with the Palmer Company,
which is now United Gas Public Service.  His  success from the start was
phenomenal and in incredible short time he had been promoted
to the office of chief engineer for the Shreveport district.

   The last two years of his life were spent in Shreveport sanitariums
where medical science vied with diabetes and other complications for his
life.  It was all in vain.  On January 30, 1933, his fight heart was
stilled.

   In the minds of his attending physicians and nurses, he will be
remembered as the very soul of patience  and gentleness and his
appreciative, "Thank You"  will remain long in their hears.  The funeral
was in  charge of Roll Osborn. Rev. Wood and Rev. Bazer conducted the
services at Lebanon church.  The men of his company  were active
pallbearers.  The Masons took charge at the church and performed their
rights  [sic].  Interment was in the Lebenon Cemetery near his childhood
home.

   The grave was banked with flowers, nature's emblem of beauty, brought
and sent by friends locally, friends  and business associates from all
divisions of his company.  Students and fraternity brothers from  Tech,
and elsewhere.  Left to mourn his passing, are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T.F. Hollenshead, three  brothers, three sisters, and a host of friends.

  Dearest Emette, though hath left us And our loss we greatly feel, But
the god who hath bereft us, He
can all our sorrows heal.-A

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