East Texas Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies

MARSHALL – A survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died in Harrison County days after returning to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attacks. Cecil Hollingshead died Sunday in his sleep at his home. He was 96. He was heading to breakfast that morning in 1941 when he saw the planes firing. When he went back last week, he saw the field where he took cover. One of his granddaughters, Tiffannee Watson, told the Marshall News Messenger, the visit “just brought back a lot of memories. When he was tucked in to bed (after getting back home) he passed away. I think he felt completed once he visited where it all began.” Funeral services for Hollingshead will be Friday afternoon at 3:00 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marshall.