In Memory of Jimmy Tanner Hollingback

Jimmy Tanner Hollingback, 16, of Wilburton, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022, at his home.

Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Waldrop Funeral Home in Wilburton, Oklahoma.

The service honoring Tanners life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Wilburton High School Auditorium with Rev. Mike Bush officiating. The burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Rick Raney, Gary Hugle, Todd Forwoodson, Rodney Taylor, Jeremy Bullard, Troy Bullard, TW Snider, and Todd Culley.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Tanner Hollingback Memorial Fund at First National Bank in Wilburton, Oklahoma.

JT was born to Jerald and Virginia (Bruce) Hollingback on July 19, 2005, in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was an FFA Officer, a member of Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association, Oklahoma High School Rodeo Association, Professional Coonhunter’s Association, FBLA, Student Council, Varsity Football OKJHSRA Cinch Team Member, and National Honors Society. He was a State Qualifier in Pole Vaulting and Weightlifting, National Qualifier in Chute Dogging and Team Roping, Second Team Area Offensive Lineman, and the winner of the Joe Suttmiller Memorial Coon Hunt Youth Division.

To know him was to love him.

JT loved God, family, friends, fishing, working with animals, football, rodeo, playing with kids, hunting, trading anything, raising chickens, and helping his elders. It was not uncommon for him to trail his dad on hunts carrying water and lead the older gentlemen’s dogs through rough terrain. He was an incredibly hard-working young man and loved to build things. He became a regular at the Monday night sales in Indianola and came home with a variety of chickens, rabbits, tools, lumber, and puppies ready to turn his next profit. He loved listening to old country music, watching John Wayne, and YouTube videos. He loved skipping school on the occasional Thursday and going to Durant Stockyards with his dad to work the sale. He loved people and hanging out with family and friends. He never met a stranger. He loved convincing his momma to participate in his entrepreneurial passions. He was a dreamer with a huge heart and a great big smirky grin.

JT is survived by his parents: Jerald and Virginia Hollingback; sister: Kaycee Hollingback; grandparents: Vondale and Bill Irwin, and Cowboy Rick; great grandmothers: Pat Joslin and Lenda Brawley; uncles and aunts: James and Danny Hollingback, Ricky Bruce, Jessie Shrader, Tina Price, Troy and Miranda Rice, Joe and Sheree Conley, Stuart and Tammy Joslin, Chris and JoEllen Joslin, Harold and Jody Bruce, Cairl Collins, and Kay Wartick; and numerous cousins, family, and friends.

He is proceeded in death by grandparents: Jim and Judy Hollingback, and Tammy Bruce; great grandparents: Harvey Joslin, and Grover and Mamie Bruce.