Adlai Holler Obituary

Adlai Cornwell "A.C." Holler, Jr. CHARLESTON - Adlai Cornwell "A.C." Holler, Jr., D. Min., Chaplain, Colonel, USAF, Retired, 89, of Charleston, SC, husband of Elizabeth (Beth) Cobb Holler, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at a local hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday afternoon, March 16, 2015 at 2 o'clock at Bethany United Methodist Church - Spell Chapel. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends at the church Monday from 1 o'clock until time of service. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Bethany UMC, 118 W. 3rd South Street, Summerville, SC 29483 or Meals on Wheels, PO Box 592, Summerville, SC 29484. A.C. was born March 21, 1925 in Orangeburg, SC, a son of the late Adlai Cornwell Holler and Miriam Fair Holler. He was a graduate of Wofford College, Duke University Divinity School, and Columbia Theological Seminary. His distinguished career spanned military and civilian professions. He was a Commissioned Army Air Corps pilot during World War II and a USAF Chaplain, 1952-82, during which time he was awarded the Legion of Merit; had numerous stateside assignments (including faculty of USAF Chaplain School); and had overseas assignments in Alaska, Italy, Spain, and Vietnam (where he was Senior AF Staff Chaplain under General Westmoreland). After military retirement, he served as Associate Pastor and Minister of Counseling for Bethany UMC, 1982-92, Director of Charleston District Pastoral Counseling Center, and President of Pyramid Counseling Services of Summerville until his retirement in 2013. Dr. Holler is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Beth Holler; daughter, Suzanne (husband, James Styerwalt); son, Adlai Stephen (wife, Lynn Dennis); daughter, Stephanie; and granddaughter, Carolyn Elizabeth. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home, 130 West 1st North St., Summerville, SC 29483. www.parksfuneralhome.com Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston