Jimmy Dale Hollis

Jimmy Dale Hollis, a lifetime resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered Heaven’s golden gates on Monday, June 16, 2014 at the age of 68. He was born May 8, 1946 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Bill Hollis and Mabel Guthrie Hollis. Jim graduated from Oktaha High School in 1964 and furthered his education at OSU Tech in Okmulgee where he obtained his Associates Degree. He worked as a mechanical draftsman at Muskogee Iron Works for 15 years and then for Braden Manufacturing in Tulsa from which he retired in 2006. Jim met Judy Gayle Fuller at an Oktaha Tigers basketball game and she became his wife on July 1, 1967. They shared almost 47 years together. Jim enjoyed working in his shop and fixing cars or anything with a motor. He was an avid fisherman who enjoyed spending quiet time on the fishing bank. He thought a bowl of ice cream should be a side dish at most meals. He loved spending time with his family especially with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Jim is remembered as a quiet man that loved his family and friends very deeply. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Mabel Hollis; siblings, Billy Hollis, Evelyn Parnell, and Bobby Hollis; parents-in-law, Peck and Edith Fuller; brothers-in-law, Danny Fuller and Pee Wee Fuller; and great grandson, Sawyer Pevehouse. Jim is survived by his devoted wife, Judy of the home; children, Stephanie Adams and husband, Thomas, Stephen Hollis and wife, Michele, all of Muskogee; grandchildren, Cody Pevehouse and Page Shackelford, of Muskogee, Dalton Pevehouse and Chelsea Scott, Braden Pevehouse and Morgan White, of Wagoner, Amber Patterson, Emily Adams, and Demi Hollis, all of Muskogee; great grandchildren, Olivia Pevehouse and Owen Pevehouse, of Muskogee; siblings, Ruby Wooten and husband, Darrell of Kellyville, Bonnie Schroeder and husband, Terry of Stillwater, Linda Mayes and husband, Mack of Mannford, Nancy Clark and husband, Terry of Muskogee, Tina Hollis and Kyle Hutchins of Glenpool, Gary Don Hollis and wife, Sherri of Kansas, David Hollis and wife, Twyla of Oktaha, and Zelma Hollis of Muskogee; a host of nieces, nephews, other family members and special friends. A memorial service honoring Jim’s life will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ron Butler and Brother Bobby Wingo officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Pollock, Charles Henderson, and James Watkins.

Jimmy Dale Hollis

May 8, 1946 - June 16, 2014