Oscar Lloyd Jollay

Oscar Lloyd Jollay   Mr. O. L. (Lloyd) Jollay, founder of O. L. Jollay Masonry, passed away Saturday, December 7th in Atlanta, Ga. only six days following his 90th birthday.  Lloyd was born December 1, 1923 in Dillard, Ga., the eldest son of Oscar Leonard Jollay and Annie Grist Jollay.  He attended Rabun Gap High School (now Rabun Gap Nacoochee School) graduating in 1940.  During World War II Lloyd served in the Army Signal Corp, rank of Master Sergeant, as a telephone and telegraph wire chief.  After the war, he met and married Margaret O. Jollay.  Together they came to Atlanta where Lloyd attended Georgia Tech, majoring in Industrial Engineering.  After college, Lloyd was employed with American Fireproofing, one of the first commercial masonry contracting firms in Georgia.  In 1957, Lloyd opened his own masonry contracting business in Avondale Estates, Ga.  Over the past 50 years the firm has expanded and completed projects in seven southeastern states.  Lloyd was a member of the Masonry Contracting Association of America and served as both President of the State Association and President of the Tri-State Region.  Lloyd has been a member of the First United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Ga. since the late 1940’s.  Lloyd and Margaret loved their church and the MACO Sunday School class where Lloyd served as President of the MACO class and on the Administrative Board of First Methodist.  Lloyd and Margaret enjoyed spending time with friends and family at their cabin on Lake Lanier and at their home in Naples, Florida until her death in December, 1986.  Lloyd and his second wife, Betty Edgar, spent time traveling until her death in February, 2006.  Lloyd is survived by three children:  David L. Jollay (Cindy), Thomas L. Jollay (Kathy), Anne J. Landers (Jerry); six grandchildren:  Mayer J. Buisson (Beau), Lauren J. Gray (Mark), Meredith J. Roberts (Johnathan), Matthew B. Jollay, Margaret L. Graton (Jason) and K. Morgan Landers; two great-grandsons:  Ryan Gray and David Roberts and one great grand-daughter on the way.  Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at H. M. Patterson and Son, Oglethorpe Hill in Brookhaven with the Rev. Sam Matthews officiating.  Interment will follow at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs, with military honors. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 1:30-2:30.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta, 360 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. 30308 in memory of Lloyd Jollay.