Deputy Chief Marshal James Leonard Holland

James Leonard Holland, my Grandfather, and Mary Edna LaRue, were the parents of my Mother, Hazel Monet Holland. He was seated at their Christmas Dinner table when he was called away to answer a disturbance involving an intoxicated individual. He resisted arrest. There was a struggle for my Grandfather's revolver, who was shot. It turned out that the shooter was well-known in Booneville, Arkansas. Later, in his jail cell, he grieved, crying "I've shot my best friend." I have a photo of "Papa" Holland, along with those of 6 other family members who served in Law Enforcement. We'll all be together again in the Presence of our Savior, Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Amen.

Don Watson, Sgt & Criminal Investigator
Grandson

April 29, 2018