Typed by THERESA CARHART
Surnames: ALLISON, CRAMER, JOLLEY
ALLISON, Lawrence Nicklas
Lawrence Nicklas Allison, b
February 11, 1949 in Richmond, Indiana--is the son of Hoyel Broadus Jolley, b
May 21, 1921 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and his wife, Dorothy Erma Cramer, b
November 17, 1923 in New Castle, Indiana. The couple had four children, Lawrence
(called "Larry"); Cynthia Louise, b September 28, 1946; Deborah Kay, b June 19,
1951; and Lydia Ann, born and died June 26, 1952.
When Larry's mother remarried on July 15, 1956 to Frederick Louis Allison, b
March 21, 1933 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the children were adopted by their
step-father; and the Allisons had two other children: Anita Lynn Allison, b
October 10, 1959, and Frederick Irving ALLISON, B August 11, 1968.
Larry was a 1967 graduate of Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California,
where the famil had moved in 1959 to a suburb of Los Angelees. Larry moved to
Texas in 1982, and worked as a warehouseman.
On meeting Jack Killgore, of Rosebud, Falls County, Texas, Larry was offered a
job in Rosebur, to learn the business of antiques and collecftibles; and he has
established himself in that field.
Larry Allison is a member of the American Pottery Association, Southwest Pottery
Assocation, Falls County Historical Commission, and the Rosebud Sesquicentennial
Committee. He serves on the Rosebud City Council--being elected in 1986, and is
a member of the Rosebud Chamber of Commerce. He is of the Protestant faith.
Since moving to Rosebud, Larry Allison has been active in all city and community
projects.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 7, Column 1 and column 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.