A Celebration of Life As A Sacred Call for Donald L. Hollowell, Esq., Friday, December 31, 2004, 11:00 A.M., The Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel, 830 Westview Drive, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Dr. Mark W. Thompson, Pastor, Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Officiating

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Donald L. Hollowell, an eloquent civil rights lawyer, best known for his courtroom fight to integrate the University of Georgia died on Monday, December 27, 2004 at the Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Donald Lee Hollowell, the third child and second son of Harrison Hannibal and Ocenia Bernice Hollowell, was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1917. Convinced that a solid education was the key to a better life, Harrison and Oceania attended college, and insisted that their children get the best education possible.
He began his college studies at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, where he quickly became an honor student and the starting quarterback of the football team. His studies at Lane were twice interrupted when he answered the call to service with two tours of duty in the United States Army during World War II. When he was honorably discharged in 1946 after earning the rank of First Lieutenant, Mr. Hollowell returned and graduated with honors from Lane College in 1947. After graduation, he enrolled in the law school at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois and earned a Jurist Doctor in 1951. Mr. Hollowell met Louise Thornton at a party for enlisted men sponsored by the Columbus USO in 1941. No doubt influenced by his impending deployment to the war front overseas, he embarked on a whirlwind courtship that concluded with a surprise proposal of marriage to Louise in just eight months. Obviously smitten by his imposing presence and dignified manner, Louise agreed to marry even before she could give notice to her present admirer that he had been outclassed and dismissed. Married on the day she accepted the proposal, Mrs. Hollowell soon thereafter was mortified to learn that her new husband was much younger than she thought, but married him anyway. In 1952, Mr. Hollowell started the law firm which later became Hollowell, Ward, Moore and Alexander at 859 Hunter Street. At that time, there were only a handful of black lawyers licensed to practice in the entire State of Georgia, four of whom worked for Mr. Hollowell. The firm became the launching pad for many of Georgia's notable lawyers and earned Mr. Hollowell the distinction of being the dean of black lawyers in this State. His legal career spanned 52 years , during which Hollowell , Ward, Moore and Alexander handled hundreds of civil rights and civil liberties cases in the State and the Federal Courts of Georgia, most notable were his representation of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes in the landmark case that integrated the University of Georgia. He was also personal attorney to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr., and served as lead counsel in many of his arrests during the civil rights movement. Mr. Hollowell also led the legal team that waged a seven-year battle to enroll Horace T. Ward (now Senior Judge for the Northern District Court of Georgia) in the University of Georgia Law School. Although victorious in many high profile cases, he was most proud of his representation of Preston Cobb, a fifteen-year-old black boy wrongly convicted and sentenced to death of murdering a white farmer for whom Preston's family worked as sharecroppers . The boy was found innocent following what the Macon Telegraph editorial called a "brilliant" defense by Donald L. Hollowell. In 1966, Mr. Hollowell became the first African American to head a federal agency in Georgia. President Lyndon Johnson appointed him to lead the southeastern office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an agency established by the President to combat discrimination based on race and gender. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. administered the oath of office to Mr. Hollowell in Atlanta, Georgia. He also served as Chairman of the Board and legal counsel for the Voter Education Project in Georgia. While serving with the Project from 1971 to 1986, he helped raise the number of African Americans registered to vote in the United States from 3 million to 5.5 million. l~t his death , Mr. Hollowell held senior status in the Atlanta law firm of Hollowell, Foster & Gepp, and P.C . Formerly known as Arrington & Hollowell and renamed after Marvin Arrington became a superior court judge, the Firm earned under Mr. Hollowell's leadership distinction as one of Atlanta's best minority law firms. He received five honorary doctoral degrees from universities throughout the United States and was richly honored in his later years. He was named the Lawyer of the Year by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award from the State of Georgia Secretary of State, Lewis Massey, the Laurel Wreath Award (Fraternity's highest award) from the Grand Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Georgia. The Donald L. Hollowell Professorship of Law was established by the Emory University School of Law in 1990. Mr. Hollowell is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 62 years, Dr. Louise E. Hollowell, a Professor Emeritus of Morris Brown College; brother, Harry H. Hollowell (Thelma); nieces, Louise Hollowell Jones and Janice Hollowell, Nora Bailes, Elsie Holloway, Elaine Bruce, and Elverine Hamilton; a very devoted goddaughter, Ms. Eddie Peacock (thirty plus years); goddaughter, Mrs. Jean Dodd; godsons, Dr. Albert Sloan and Mr. Henry Jackson; other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, father and sisters, Corrine Patterson and Iris Baker.

PRELUDE ... .. .... ............... ..... .. ............................................... .. .. ... Mr. Clifford E. Littleton and Mrs. Janice Gresham PROCESSIONAL ........ .. .......................... ... ... ... .. .... .. .......................... ............... ............ .... .............. Clergy and Family
HYMN OF PRAISE ............................ ........................................ .. .. ....... "Blessed Assurance" (see song sheet insert)
THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH :
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth , And in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord ; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty from where He shall come to judge the quick and the dead . I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and Life Everlasting. AMEN .
PRAYER .... .. .:.. ... .. ..... ...... .. ....... ............. .. ...... ..... .. .. .. ... Dr. Stephen J. Delaine, President, CME Ministers Alliance
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON, Psalm 23 ....................................................... ...... The Reverend Charles B. Rush , Jr. Associate, Butler Street CME Church
GLORIA PATRI:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, Amen.
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON, I Corinthians 15:50-58 .................................... ... Presiding Elder Jerry D. Woodfork Atlanta District CME Church
SELECTION ........................................ ............................................................ Voices of Butler Street and Big Bethel
TRIBUTES: (Two Minutes, Please)
AS A LEGAL MENTOR Judge Marvin Arrington, Superior Court of Fulton County Judge Clarence Cooper, United States District, Court Northern District of Georgia
Judge Horace T. Ward, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Ret.) SOLO .... .. ... .............. .... ....................... . "Ride On King Jesus" .................. ............................... Mrs. Danita Wallace
TRIBUTES: (Two Minutes, Please)
AS "MR. CIVIL RIGHTS" Ambassador Andrew J. Young, Former American Ambassador to the United Nations Mr. George Darden, Deputy Director, Equal Employment Opportu nity Commission (Ret.)
TRIBUTE ON BEHALF OF THE ATLANTA CITIZENRY The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor, City of Atlanta
TRIBUTE FROM THE LAW FIRM BEARING HIS NAME Attorney Randy Gepp, Hollowell, Foster and Gepp, LPA SELECTION .... ..... ....... ........ .. .... ...... .... ..... .. .... .......... ... .. ... ...... ....... ... ... .. ...... .. .. Voices of Butler Street and Big Bethel
FAMILY TRIBUTE .............. ......................... .. .............. ............................... .. ....... . Ms. Eddie Peacock, Goddaughter
TRIBUTES: (Two Minutes, Please)
AS A CHURCH LEADER Bishop Othal H. Lakey, Prelate, Sixth Episcopal District, CME Church and Historian of the Church Bishop William H. Graves, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Lane College Mr. Johnny M. Johnson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Butler Street CME Church Mrs. Wanda Crenshaw, Secretary, Board of Stewards, Butler Street CME Church SOLO .. .. .... .. ....... ..... ... ..... .... .. ..... ... .. ..... ((How Great Thou Art" ... ................................................... Mr. Henry Porter
TRIBUTES: (Two Minutes, Please)
AS A MAN OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI Mr. Samuel C. Hamilton, Grand Pole March, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE Atlanta City Councilman Mr. C. T. Martin THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS BIOGRAPHER Mr. Martin C. Lehfeldt, Co-Author, The Sacred Call: A Tribute to Donald L. Hollowell SPECIAL TRIBUTE: THE MAN The Honorable Vernon Jordan AS A SERVANT OF GOD Selection .... ... .. .. ...... .. .................... .. ......... .. ...... .... .... .... ........ .... .. .. .............. Voices of Butler Street and Big Bethel
EULOGY ......... ... .... ......... .. ... .. ..... .................. .... ... ... Dr. Anthony M. Alford, Sr. , Pastor, Butler Street CME Church
RECESSIONAL .. ............ .. ............ .. .......................................... ..... 'When We All Get To Heaven" (see song insert)