Holloman, Garland Hamilton, 1912-1993.

Garland Hamilton "Bo" Holloman was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi on February 18, 1912. He received a B.S. degree from Millsaps College in 1934, followed by a master in education in 1937 from George Peabody College. He also took graduate courses at Ohio State University and the University of Chicago. Holloman was a mathematics teacher, principal and coach in the mid-1930s to early 1940s. During World War II, he served as an officer in the 8th Army Air Corp.

He received a Mastor of Divinity degree in 1948 from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and was ordained as a Methodist minister. He pastored churches in his native Mississippi and served as a district superintendent in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. He was also active in the Boy Scouts of America and numerous other organizations. Holloman retired in 1982 and died in Jackson, Mississippi on August 8, 1993.

Holloman and his wife Floy had two children.

Source: Mississippi Conference Journal. 1994.