Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 6, 1985 Page: 3 of 80
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one element toward becoming a suc-
cessful lawyer - a college degree. To
overcome this, he enrolled in night
classes at South Texas School of Law
in Houston where he received his
diploma.
Holleman resigned his post as
county attorney in 1942 and entered
the U.S. Army as a flying officer.
During World War II he served in
the European Theater of Operations
as a spotter plane pilot for the 29th
Infantry Division. While the division
participated in the June 6,1944 Nor-
mandy invasion, Holleman did not
join the action until June 8.
With more than 385 combat mis-
sions during the waf, the Livingston
lawyer was awarded the Air Medal
with io oak leaf clusters and the
EAME Campaign Medal with four
bronze service stars.
Following the war, Holleman
returned to Livingston and served as
an assistant county attorney. In 1948
he was elected district attorney for
the Ninth Judicial District serving
Folk, San Jacinto, Montgomery and
Waller counties.
After serving one four-year term,
he did not seek re-election and
entered private practice in Liv-
ingston. “I must say I was never so
relieved in my life as 1 was when I
finished my last days as district at-
torney,” Holleman said in 1979. “I
felt I had the weight of the world
lifted from my shoulders.’’
He explained that during his term
he was the only prosecutor serving
both the Ninth and Second Ninth
judicial districts in a four-county
area. “There were no assistant
district attorneys back then but I did
have one secretary to run the
office."
Holleman returned to public life in
1960 when he sought and won elec-
tion as the Second Ninth District
Judge serving Polk, Trinity, San
Jacinto and Montgomery counties.
"I had always wanted to be a judge
so after I was in private practice for
about 10 years, I decided to make the
race even though the man I was run-
ning against was the incumbent,” he
recalled.
He held the office for 20 years,
retiring in 1980 at the age of 65.
The judge was a charter member
of the Livingston Lions Club and a
member of both the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. During the 1950s, the former
Army flight lieutenant served as the
division commander of the
American Legion of Texas as well as
the Livingston post commander and
gs district commander.
Survivors include his wife, Carlyn
Frank Holleman of Livingston; a
son, John Holleman Jr. of Houston;
a daughter-in-law, Beverly
Holleman of Houston; two sisters,
Laverne O’Neil of Livingston and
Dorothy Barnett of Lufkin; and two
grandsons.
Pallbearers included Judson Prit-
chard, James Newton Owen Jr., Joe
E. Pedigo Jr., Frank O’Neil, Robert
C. Willis and Richard Gilbert.
Cochran Funeral Home of Liv-
ingston directed the funeral ar-
rangements.
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reported missing and a coin-
operated machine was burglarized.
Lt. Mike DeVilleneuve was the in-
vestigating officer.
Glenda Starnes reported Monday
the burglary of Al’s Exxon in Liv-
ingston. A pane of glass was broken
out. The loss was undetermined at
press time. DeVilleneuve was the in-
vestigating officer.
On Sunday, Gail DeVries of
Movies Etc. reported someone at-
tempted to pry open a night deposit
box in an apparent entry attempt.
Extent of the damage was undeter-
mined. Harry Plank was the in-
vestigating officer.
Annie Faye Henderson reported
Tuesday that she was assaulted by
Rosetta Wright during a disturbance
in the 100 block of Banks Drive. A
complaint against Wright was filed
before Justice of the Peace Mary
Placker. Wright appeared before
Municipal Court Judge Ruth Prit-
chard the following day and was
ordered to pay a fine for assault.
Gentz was the investigating officer.
IGUANA GO HOME -- Donald Johnson of Leggett (shown)
and his uncle, Bill Gray, were fishing near Tripple Creek last
week when they spotted something they first thought was a
baby alligator. The “alligator” turned out to be a 3-foot-long,
brightly striped iguana, a species which supposedly does not
exist in this area. Since the iguana seems to be use to people,
Johnson believes it may have been someone’s pet. He took it
to the sheriff’s department which, having had received no
reports of a missing iguana, contacted the Lufkin Zoo. Zoo of-
ficials came to claim the iguana Thursday.
Council to address
TV franchise, roads
LIVINGSTON -- Livingston City
Council members will face a variety
of topics, ranging from highway im-
provements to cable television,
when they convene in regular ses-
sion Tuesday night.
The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in
the Council Chambers, Livingston
City Hall.
Council members are expected to
approve a $124,745 escrow agree-
ment between the city and the State
Department of Highways and Public
Transportation for improvements to
Hwy. 146 South.
The council will also consider a re-
quest to transfer the city’s cable
television franchise from Capital
Cities Communications, Inc. to The
Washington Post. Following discus-
sion the council will consider
passage of a resolution granting con-
sent to the franchise transfer.
Two other resolutions are also
slated for consideration: a resolu-
tion to nominate a candidate to the
board of the Polk County Tax Ap-
praisal District and a resolution in
support of Senate Bill 1570.
A proposed ordinance authorizing
execution and delivery of amend-
ments to the power sales contract
between the city and the Sam
Rayburn Municipal Power Agency
will also be considered.
Bids are scheduled to be opened on
the sale of 2.H)2 acres of city-owned
land at the flag and pond site ftt U.S.
190 and the U.S. 59 Bypass.
Other agenda items include con-
sideration of a request from the Polk
County Girls Softball Association to
construct an additional field on Mat-
thews Street, opening of bids on the
purchase of carpet for city offices,
an executive session for the discus-
sion of personnel matters, a public
hearing ori proposed improvements
to Brock and North Drew streets and
bid authority for lime stabilization
on Platt Street.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 6, 1985, newspaper, October 6, 1985; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781884/m1/3/?q=divorce: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.