Mr. George Maner Holliman
Retired Superintendent, Warren County School System
WARRENTON, Ga. - Mr. George Maner Holliman, age 85, of
Gibson Highway died Saturday, October 30, 2010 at the Warrenton
Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 6,
2010 at the First Baptist Church of Warrenton. Burial with Military
Honors will follow at Sallie Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Holliman, a native and lifelong resident of Warren County
was the son of the late Marion Neal and Mary Elizabeth Fulghum
Holliman. He was a 1941 graduate of Warren County High
School and attended North Georgia College in Dahlonega before
transferring to the University of Georgia in Athens where he
graduated with a B.S. in dairy science. He later received his Masters
in Education from UGA. During WW II, he served his country as a
Sergeant in the 28th infantry division which took part in the Battle
of the Bulge. After returning he taught veterans farming practices
in Warren County. He was elected County School Superintendent in
Warren County in 1956 and served in that office for 25 years before
retiring. Active in the community, Mr. Holliman served on many
committees for special events in Warrenton and Warren County. He
was a active member of the First Baptist Church where he served as
a deacon Sunday School teacher and choir director. He was a faithful
member of the Warrenton Kiwanis Club, American Legion post 96
and VFW post 5604 and served as an officer in these organizations.
Survivors include his brother, Marion Lewellyn Holliman,
two nieces, Kathy Belyeu Adameit, and Lucy Holliman Byers,
one nephew, Altai Neal Belyeu, and a cousin, Linda Fulghum
Bruggeman and many beloved friends and extended family.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Holliman was preceded in death
by his sister, Evelyn Holliman Belyeu and a nephew John Bunyan
Holliman.
Pallbearers will be Deacons of Warren First Baptist Church.
Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Warren Kiwanis Club
and the Adult Men's Sunday School Class. The family will receive
friends Friday, November 5, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Lowe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Web posted on Thursday, November 04, 2010
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