Thomas Delmer “Dale” Lollar, 85, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5th, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. George Dickens officiating. Burial will follow in Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 – 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Lollar, the son of Thomas Kimsey Lollar & Ener Melvin Williamson Lollar, was born Aug. 3, 1930, in Talihina, OK. As a young man he worked at a nursery in Kent, WA before beginning his career as a hydraulic mechanic with Gardner Denver-Copper Industries where he retired. During his working years he always had a mechanic business. Here in Lamar County he & his wife, Doris, owned and operated the Country Jubilee in Faught. There they had singings each Saturday night. He served in the U. S. Army from which he was honorably discharged. On Aug. 11, 1951, he married Doris Marie Scott, building 54 years of family and memories before her death on Sept. 9, 2005. He was also preceded in death by his parents, two grandchildren, Courtney Calhoun and Matthew Wayne Calhoun, and eight siblings, Alford, Clifford, Ollie, Ivan, Icey, Alvis, T. K. and Christopher. Survivors include three children, Pamela Lusk of Mesquite, Roland Dean Lollar of Blossom and Delores Maxine Calhoun & husband Jess of Kaufman, grandchildren, Jennifer Ivey & husband Richard, Jera Davidson & husband Jeffrey, Jonell Lusk, Jacqueline Lusk & Shawn Pederson, and Russell Calhoun, great grandchildren, Jerica Davidson, Jacob Davidson, Jackson Ivey, Jessica Davidson, Jaley Davidson, Peighton Pederson, Shawn Pederson, Jr. and Dalton Ivey along with numerous nieces & nephews and a host of friends. Casket bearers will be: Roland Dean Lollar, Jeffrey Davidson, Shawn Pederson, Richard Ivey, Jacob Davidson and Jackson Ivey.
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