Louis Oliver Rollins Sr,

LOUIS OLIVER ROLLINS SR, 73, OF LEXINGTON, TN FORMERLY OF CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED SATURDAY DECEMBER 26, 2009 AT 1:15 PM IN REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN JACKSON, TN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY JANUARY 2, 2010 AT 1 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE SATURDAY AFTER 11 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKEVIEW CEMETERY AND REV. OWNLY WILLIAMS WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 12, 1936 IN CARRIER MILLS, IL TO THE LATE REUBEN AND EVA (COLE) ROLLINS SR. HE GRADUATED CARRIER MILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956 WHERE HE EXCELED IN BASKETBALL BECOMING THE SCHOOLS LEADING SCORER, A RECORD HE STILL HOLDS TODAY. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE PLAYED 1 YEAR WITH THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS. HE LATER JOINED THE ARMY, AFTER HIS TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE SERVICE HE WORKED FOR GENERAL MOTORS IN FLINT, MI WHERE HE RETIRED AS A FOREMAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN: LOUIS ROLLINS JR. OF FORT BRAGG, NC; KELLY DUNCAN OF JACKSON, TN; TODD ROLLINS OF HARRISBURG, IL; STEPHANIE ROLLINS OF FLINT, MI AND BRANDON EVANS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; A SISTER: MARILYN WITHERSPOON OF EVANSVILLE, IN; A BROTHER: REUBEN ROLLINS JR. OF FLINT, MI; 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, A CHILD AND A BROTHER: VERNON ROLLINS.