Donald Hollar

Donald Darwin "Polly" Hollar, 72, of Brenham, died April 18, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Polly was born in Guthrie, Texas to E. W. Dub and Vera Dove Flippin Hollar on September 8, 1936. He was baptized in the South Wichita River in Guthrie. In 1959, he received a B.S. in Animal Husbandry from Texas Tech University. Polly was a rancher and horse trainer, and horses were truly his passion. From 1957 to 1959 he was The Texas Tech Masked Rider, and in 1974 and 1994, he was the American Quarter Horse Association Senior Cutting World Champion. Polly was active in the National Cutting Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, and was the founder and first president of the Bluebonnet Cutting Horse Association, as well as the former president of the Washington County Horse Committee. His favorite hobbies included hunting and working cattle, but a treasured pastime was working on his tractor. Survivors include his children, Mike Hollar and Tami Sayko and daughter Kelsey Sayko of Brenham, Mark Hollar of Katy, Texas, Julie Hollar Carr and David Carr, of Brenham, his partner in life, Lannie Mecom, Sally Hollar, the mother of his children, brothers Douglas Hollar of Muldoon, Texas, and Wesley Hollar and his wife Faye of Seymour, Texas, sisters and brothers-in-law Gloria Belle and Allan Morton and Gail and James Gilmore, all of Athens, Texas. An anticipated event is the arrival of a grandchild to be named Sara Nicole Hollar in the near future. Other surviving relatives are Cutter and Betsy Jones, Blake Jones and Ashley Ribbon Jones, Steve and Nancy Martin, and Bobby and Erin Moses. He was preceded in death by his parents, E. W. Dub Hollar and Vera Dove Hollar, and by his brothers Luther Ray Hollar, Carlton Hollar, Billy Joe Hollar, and Jimmy Keith Hollar. The funeral service for Donald Darwin "Polly" Hollar will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor Gary Oliver and Joe Howard Williamson officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will take place Tuesday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Serving as pallbearers are Cutter Jones, Bobby Moses, Bernie Kirkland, Jon White, Richard Sims, Steve Martin, Pete Branch and Ken Flippin. Honorary pallbearers are Bud Smith, Paul Kenjura, Mike East, Johnny East, Bill Masterson, Mark Lavender, Tooter Waites, George Chappell, Keith Slover, Billy Klapper, and Bobby Glover. Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington County Boys and Girls Club or to the charity choice. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 West Main, Brenham. To view the obitutary online or to post a tribute to the family, visit www.memorialoakschapel.com.