Harold Holliday, Sr

Florence, SC

Mr. Harold Taylor Holliday passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 surrounded by his loving family.

Mr. Holliday was born to the late John Mayo Holliday and Blanche Taylor Holliday McWhite on January 23rd, 1928 in Conway, South Carolina.  He graduated from Carlie Military School in Bamberg, South Carolina.  Mr. Harold attended Clemson University and the University of South Carolina.  He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1952.  He served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Pasadena from 1946—1948.  While in Long Beach, CA, Harold witnessed the flying of “The Spruce Goose” that Howard Hughes built for the military.  He married Sally Rice in 1949.  After 47 years of marriage, Mrs. Sally Holliday passed on.  He worked for J.P. Stevens in Wallace, South Carolina and retired there in the late 1980’s.

Mr. Holliday is survived by his son, Harold Taylor Holliday, Jr. and wife Doris Holliday in St. Ignatius, Montana, daughter, Tressa Holliday Tuck and husband Phillip Tuck of Nolensville, Tennessee, grandchildren, Harold Taylor Holliday III, Benjamin Jacob Holliday, John Phillip Sullivan Tuck, Sally Madison Ann Tuck, great grandchildren, Victoria, Olivia and Landon Holliday.

A Celebration of Life Graveside Service will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Chatham Hill Memorial Garden in Cheraw, South Carolina with Pastor Ken Timmerman officiating.

The family will visit with friends following the Graveside Service.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to go to the General Fund at First United Methodist Church of Cheraw, 117 3rd St., Cheraw, SC 29520.

The family has chosen Kiser Funeral Home in Cheraw, South Carolina to handle arrangements.