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John Holman '44 January 6, 2012 3:18 PM
Published in Longview News-Journal on July 3, 2007
John Miller Holman
PITTSBURG - John Miller Holman was born December 3, 1922, in Longview, and he died June 30, 2007.
He was the son of Harry and Ada Holman and reared in Pittsburg from the age of three. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1940 and entered Texas A&M University. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1947, after serving three years in the United States Army during World War II. His military service included 16 months in the European Theater in the 583rd Signal Depot Co.
In 1949, he married Peggy Jane Hull. He was active in civic and church affairs, and served 13 years on the PISD school board. He also served two terms on the executive council of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
Mr. Holman entered the retail furniture business in Pittsburg in the 1950s and acquired the Adele Hunt Furniture & Studio in Dallas in 1961. He was president of the Greater Dallas Furniture Association in 1964, became a member of the board of directors of the National Retail Furniture Association and its president in 1985. That same year, Mr. Holman was named America's Outstanding Home Furniture Retailer by that organization. He founded the national Interior Design Society in 1973, which now has chapters all over the U.S. The Holman family moved to Dallas in 1969. They were members of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where John taught Sunday school and served on the vestry.
After semi-retiring in 1985, he opened the Pittsburg Antiques Center, and in 1989, he organized the Pittsburg/Camp County Museum Association, serving as chairman and president. For his museum work, he received the Man-of-the-Year award in 1991 from the Camp County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Holman remained active in the museum organizations, and in 2002, he was named Outstanding Trustee by the Texas Association of Museums.
He was the author of four family history books, a book of children's bedtime stories and wrote text, compiled and edited "On the Wings of Ezekiel," published by the Pittsburg/Camp County Museum Association.
A member of Princedale and Northwood Country Club in Dallas, Ferndale and Pine Ridge clubs in Pittsburg, his hobbies ranged from astronomy to genealogy. He was an avid golfer, flew his own plane for many years and was an award-winning amateur photographer.
Mr. Holman was preceded in death by Peggy Jane Hull Holman, his wife of 57 years. His brother, Harry, also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his son, John and his wife, Nancy, and their children, Christopher and Hunter; daughter, Janet and her husband, Dick Lewis, and their children, John and his wife, Naomi, and their daughter, Elizabeth Sydney, Matt, and Mark; son, Todd and his wife, Eugenie, and their children, Read, Timothy and Amy; and sister, Margaret.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2007, at St. William Laud Episcopal Church in Pittsburg.
The family would like to give special thanks to the wonderful people of the Longview Cancer Center for their cheerfulness and compassion.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be made to St. William Laud Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1057, 601 Lafayette St., Pittsburg, TX 75686; or the Camp County Museum Association, P.O. Box 157, Pittsburg, TX 75686.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday evening, July 5, 2007, at Erman Smith Funeral Home in Pittsburg.
John Miller Holman
PITTSBURG - John Miller Holman was born December 3, 1922, in Longview, and he died June 30, 2007.
He was the son of Harry and Ada Holman and reared in Pittsburg from the age of three. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1940 and entered Texas A&M University. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1947, after serving three years in the United States Army during World War II. His military service included 16 months in the European Theater in the 583rd Signal Depot Co.
In 1949, he married Peggy Jane Hull. He was active in civic and church affairs, and served 13 years on the PISD school board. He also served two terms on the executive council of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
Mr. Holman entered the retail furniture business in Pittsburg in the 1950s and acquired the Adele Hunt Furniture & Studio in Dallas in 1961. He was president of the Greater Dallas Furniture Association in 1964, became a member of the board of directors of the National Retail Furniture Association and its president in 1985. That same year, Mr. Holman was named America's Outstanding Home Furniture Retailer by that organization. He founded the national Interior Design Society in 1973, which now has chapters all over the U.S. The Holman family moved to Dallas in 1969. They were members of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where John taught Sunday school and served on the vestry.
After semi-retiring in 1985, he opened the Pittsburg Antiques Center, and in 1989, he organized the Pittsburg/Camp County Museum Association, serving as chairman and president. For his museum work, he received the Man-of-the-Year award in 1991 from the Camp County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Holman remained active in the museum organizations, and in 2002, he was named Outstanding Trustee by the Texas Association of Museums.
He was the author of four family history books, a book of children's bedtime stories and wrote text, compiled and edited "On the Wings of Ezekiel," published by the Pittsburg/Camp County Museum Association.
A member of Princedale and Northwood Country Club in Dallas, Ferndale and Pine Ridge clubs in Pittsburg, his hobbies ranged from astronomy to genealogy. He was an avid golfer, flew his own plane for many years and was an award-winning amateur photographer.
Mr. Holman was preceded in death by Peggy Jane Hull Holman, his wife of 57 years. His brother, Harry, also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his son, John and his wife, Nancy, and their children, Christopher and Hunter; daughter, Janet and her husband, Dick Lewis, and their children, John and his wife, Naomi, and their daughter, Elizabeth Sydney, Matt, and Mark; son, Todd and his wife, Eugenie, and their children, Read, Timothy and Amy; and sister, Margaret.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2007, at St. William Laud Episcopal Church in Pittsburg.
The family would like to give special thanks to the wonderful people of the Longview Cancer Center for their cheerfulness and compassion.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be made to St. William Laud Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1057, 601 Lafayette St., Pittsburg, TX 75686; or the Camp County Museum Association, P.O. Box 157, Pittsburg, TX 75686.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday evening, July 5, 2007, at Erman Smith Funeral Home in Pittsburg.
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