Lawrence Nicklas Allison
Surnames: ALLISON, CRAMER, JOLLEYLawrence 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 Rosebud, to learn the business of antiques and collectibles; 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.
Some biographies from "Families of Falls County", compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission.
Permission granted to Theresa Carhart by the Falls County Historical Commission, for use on this page.
