Ernest L. Hollaway, III's Obituary
Ernest Lee HOLLAWAY, III –Age 69 of Ashland City passed away on Friday, December 23, 2011. He was a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University and the University of Missouri with a varied and colorful career as a religious journalist writing several books. In 1968, he was employed by the SBC Brotherhood Commission in Memphis, Tenn., as an assistant editor of Ambassador Life. In the spring of 1970, he was named as the first editor of the new Crusader magazine for boys 6-11, a position he held until 1977. In 1977 he moved to Nashville to become the first Director of Communications for the Southern Baptist Seminary Extension Department. Under his own imprint EditWorks he began copyediting and proofreading books for various religious publishers, which led to his third "career" as religious reference editor at Thomas Nelson Publishers. During his 71/2; years there he took more than 90 books from original manuscript to final production. Since taking early retirement about 5 years ago, he "kept his hand in" by working on an average of 20 books per year. He is preceded in death by his mother, Ida Nelle Hollaway. He is survived by his father, Ernest L. Hollaway, II; wife of 26 years, Sharon Lee Hollaway;daughters, Lori (Logan) Carter of NC and Lynn (Jonathan) Sanders; step-son, John-Paul (Jeannie) Wood; brothers, Mark (Lynn) Hollaway, Bill Hollaway and Dawn Seidenschwarz; and Stephen (Becca) Hollaway of RI; sister, Becca (Bill) Killebrew; and ;grandchildren, Charlotte Carter, Ava Wood, and Carson Wood. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pruett School of Christian Studies at Ouachita Baptist University, Shirley Hardin Development Office, Box 3754 Ouachita Baptist University 410 Ouachita Street Arkadelphia, AR 71998, or at, www.obu.edu/development, reference School of Christian Studies and Lee Hollaway in the memorial line. A funeral service will be held at 12PM, Tuesday, December 27th with visitation one hour prior at SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY
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