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RIGHT NOW, HUNDREDS OF
HALL IN
PORTSMOUTH ATTENDING THE
HOMEGOING CELEBRATON FOR
FORMER CITY MAYOR, DR.
JAMES HOLLEY.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S AVA
HURDLE IS OUTSIDE WILLETT
HALL AS PEOPLE
FILED IN TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS TO THE 5-TERM
MAYOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
ANYONE ELSE WHO KNEW HIM
TURNED OUT FOR THE LIFE
CELEBRATION SERVICE.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROVIDED
AN ESCORT. THEN THE
WOODEN CASKET BEARING THE
BODY OF FORMER PORTSMOUTH
MAYOR DR. JAMES HOLLEY
WAS TAKEN INTO WILLETT
HALL FOR A CELEBRATION
OF HIS LIFE. THE 85 YEAR
OLD RETIRED DENTIST
SERVED ON THE PORTSMOUTH
CITY COUNCIL AND WAS
ELECTED MAYOR SEVERAL
TIMES. THAT'S HOW
ONE FRIEND REMEMBERS HIM.
"HE'S REALLY A PIONEER,
HE LIVED AN EXEMPLARY
LIFE. HE SERVED
ALL THE PEOPLE OF
PORTSMOUTH NOT JUST BLACK
FOLKS HE SERVED
CARED ABOUT THE CITY AND
HE'S GOING TO
BE DEEPLY MISSED "
DR. HOLLEY IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE, 4 CHILDREN AND
A DOZEN
PORTSMOUTH. AVA HURDLE,
10 ON YOUR SIDE.