Background
Hollums, Ellis Clyde was born on October 18, 1893 in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Son of Zachariah Ferrell and Lulu Ann (Wood) Hollums.
Hollums, Ellis Clyde was born on October 18, 1893 in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Son of Zachariah Ferrell and Lulu Ann (Wood) Hollums.
Educational public schools of Birmingham, Alabama.
Copy boy Birmingham Ledger, 1907-1909, classified advertisement salesman, 1909-1912. Secretary to editor Birmingham Age-Herald, 1913-1915. Reporter Birmingham Ledger, 1915-1917, city editor, 1917-1918, assistant managing editor, 1918-1920.
Chief clerk Alabama State Senate, 1920-1921.
City editor Jacksonville (Florida) Journal, 1920-1922. Joined Miami (Florida) Herald, 1922, executive editor, 1938-November 1, 1941.
News director WQAM radio station, 1941-1943. Executive editor Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, 1943-1945.
Telegraph editor Jacksonville Journal since 1946.
The two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind" and to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Mason.; Club: National Press.
Married Rose Catherine Kirkier, November 2, 1914. Children: Ellis Clyde, Luther Ferrell, Daniel Harris.