Hollis Earl Lister was born in Shelbyville Texas, on March 8, 1941 to Earl and Beulah Lister. He was the eighth born of eleven children. Hollis was baptized and maintained his membership at Todd Spring Baptist Church under the ministry of Reverend C. D. Daniels. He attended school in Shelby County and graduated from East Liberty High School in 1960. After high school, Hollis was accepted into Prairie View A & M University to study agriculture. In an attempt to find his niche, Hollis also tried his hands at Mortician school, but after working at it for a while, he decided it was not a good fit for him.
He was drafted into the military and served in the armed forces from 1966 to1968. With an honorable discharge from the military he became a US Postal employee and afterward he was employed by St Luke's Hospital in Houston Texas. When the opportunity presented itself, Hollis accepted employment at IBM where he retired after more than twenty five years. In 1976 while still working for IBM Hollis met, fell in love and married Joyce Marie James. His handsome stepson, Gerald was added to this union and later two beautiful daughters, Leslie Tracie and LaShelle were born. Since Hollis was a hard worker all his life, it was not surprising that his retirement was short lived. He started his own business; Lister's Landscaping, and was successful until his health started to fail him in 2017. Hollis was known as the best grill master in the county! He enjoyed playing dominoes, watching sports, especially basketball and football. Partying with friends and family was also one of his favorite things to do. He loved his family, children and grandchildren very much, and wanted the best for them.
Hollis was called home early Friday morning, May 15, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents; Earl and Beulah Lister, his sisters; Theoly Williams, Armentral Shepherd, Altheria Hall, Jerry Netherly and Gloria Fontenot; his brothers; Archie, Arthur, Artis and Oscar Lister. He leaves to celebrate his homegoing, his sister Shirley Whitman (Rick); daughters Tracy and LaShelle Lister, Stepson Gerald James, mother of his children Joyce Lister; grandchildren Kenneth James, Kennedi, Kelis, Mency Lister, Joshua and Jalen James; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
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