Rev. & Mrs. Hollis Callahan

Rev. Hollis Callahan was the Presiding Elder of Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1971.  Big Zion Church is the oldest Black Church in Tangipahoa Parish. Rev. Hollis was born around 1905 in Roseland, Louisiana. He was the son of  Sam and Virginia Callahan. His siblings were; Aluman, Emma, James M., Daniella, Della, Rosetta, Herman, and William according to the 1910 United States Federal Census. Rev. Hollis Callahan died in 1999. He is buried in Big Zion Cemetery.

Source: Dedicatory Service Booklet (1971) Amite Genealogy Library