A memorial service for Garland Hamilton 'Bo' Holloman Jr., M.D., Ph.D., will be held on Saturday, February 22, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Jackson.
Dr. Holloman died peacefully on Feb. 7 following a lengthy illness. He will be buried in the Itta Bena Cemetery in Itta Bena.
The son of Garland H. Holloman and Eugenia Floy Simpson Holloman, he was born April 17, 1943, in Montgomery, AL, and moved to Mississippi as a child. An Eagle Scout, he was the recipient of the God and Country Award, a member of the Order of the Arrow and participated in national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. He was graduated from Clarksdale High School in 1960 and in 1964 earned a B. A. degree in biology from Millsaps College, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and Alpha Epsilon Delta. At Millsaps, he was nicknamed Bo, a nickname also held by his father and uncles. A talented musician, he entertained friends playing piano in high school and college bands and later at various venues.
He received his PhD in physiology and biophysics in 1969 and his MD in 1973 from the University Of Mississippi Medical Center. He practiced emergency medicine at several area hospitals, was in private practice in Canton and served as ER director at Delta Medical Center in Greenville. From 1986 – 1989 he completed his psychiatry residency at the Mental Health Institute in Cherokee, Iowa, and completed a year of residency in neurology at UMMC.
Dr. Holloman was Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director of Psychiatric Emergency Service, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Neurology at UMMC. He was Board Certified in emergency medicine and in psychiatry and neurology.
He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including several times named Teacher of the Year for his contribution and dedication to didactic teaching and clinical supervision. He played a critical role on the MS Professional Art Therapy Advisory Council which emphasizes art as a tool for treatment of mentally ill patients. He was recognized for his work in the field investigation trials for the DSM5. He also was instrumental in establishing the Crisis Intervention Team for Hinds County and passing legislation critical to its success. He chaired Project Beta, a multidisciplinary collaboration that created Best Practices Guidelines for evaluation and treatment of acute agitation with humane, non-coercive approaches now used around the world.
He was awarded the 2013 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness and received the AAEP's Emergency Psychiatry Achievement Award. He received the Excellence in Psychiatric Education Award presented by the UMMC psychiatry residents and was designated the inaugural member of the 7th Floor West Attending Hall of Fame. A member of the Board of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry and the Mississippi Psychiatric Association, at UMMC he was the organizer and leader for the Psychiatric Epic Task Force and a member of the Peer Review Committee and the Medical Directors Committee for the Department of psychiatry.
Outside his medical practice his many interests included genealogical research, reading from a wide variety of subjects, especially Southern history, art and tending his natural habitat backyard.
He is survived by two sons, Tom Holloman of New Orleans, LA, and Patrick Holloman of Missoula, MT; his sister, Floy Holloman (Jesse Carr) of Houston, Texas.
The family requests that memorials be sent to the Holloman Family Endowed Scholarship at Millsaps College, 1701 North State, Jackson, MS 39210 or a charity of choice.