KENNETH WAYNE HOLLOWAY January 14 , 1944 - April 3 , 2022
Ken Holloway , 78 , of Chattanooga passed away on Sunday , April 3 , 2022 at Oklahoma Heart Hospital North in Oklahoma City . Funeral services were Friday , April 8 , 2022 at the Chattanooga School Gerald Gravlee Center with Jim Birdwell , Fletcher , Oklahoma , and Larry Shelley , Minister of the Chattanooga Church of Christ , officiating . Burial followed at the Chattanooga Cemetery .
Ken was born January 14 , 1944 in Frederick , Oklahoma to Ralph W . and Irma Murle ( Miller ) Holloway . He married Sue Ann Kinder on June 28 , 1963 in Chattanooga , Oklahoma . He served as the Oklahoma State 4-H President in 1962-63 . A 1966 graduate of Oklahoma State University , Ken earned his degree in Animal Husbandry and while at OSU , was active in department activities and livestock judging teams . Ken was also inducted into the Livestock Marketeers in 2002 .
Upon college graduation , he went to work as a field representative for the American Shorthorn Association . Following that he served as a livestock industry coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture . He and Edgar Hamm then began Southwest Sire Evaluation Center near Frederick , Oklahoma in the late 1960s . Ken Holloway was as dedicated a Limousin breeder as any man could possibly be . That dedication was also extended to his family , fellow breeders and friends in the cattle business across the country . He served as the North American Limousin Foundation ( NALF ) President from 2002-2003 and served two full terms on the NALF board beginning in 1997 . Ken was the fourth inductee to the NALF Hall of Fame in 2009 .
Ken served in many different roles in the Limousin breed . He was the owner and operator of American Cattle Services and traveled throughout the country annually to assist breeders with the marketing
and promotion of their cattle . Ken started ACS in 1971 . He was a leader in the production of Limousin genetics to the commercial cattle industry through his Coyote Hills Ranch . Paying attention to detail and adapting to change in the cattle business , Ken was always willing to apply new technology available in the industry to make better cattle for his customers and friends . Ken was president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen ’ s Association from 1999-2001 and OCA Cattleman of the Year in 2006 . He was also instrumental in the organization of the Oklahoma Junior Cattlemen ’ s Association . Most of all he was a great friend and family man who deeply cared for all involved in the United States cattle business . He will forever be remembered and greatly missed .
Ken is survived by his wife Sue Ann of the home , daughters both of Chattanooga , Oklahoma , Shari Holloway , Shana Holloway and her friend Michael Selby of Era , Texas , grandson Ross Turner of Oologah , Oklahoma , his brother David and wife Janice Holloway of Chattanooga , Oklahoma , sister-in-law Arlene Holloway of Lawton , Oklahoma , two nieces , four nephews and a host of great nieces and great nephews .
Ken was preceded in death by his parents , infant brother Eldon Ray Holloway and brother Jerry Holloway .
Contributions can be made in Ken ’ s name to the Oklahoma Cattlemen ’ s Foundation , PO Box 82395 , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma 73148 ; the North American Limousin Junior Association , 6205 S . Main Street , Suite D-280 , Aurora , Colorado 80016-5370 ; the Tillman County Historical Museum , PO Box 833 , Frederick , Oklahoma 73542 ; or to the Chattanooga Cemetery Association , PO Box 173 , Chattanooga , Oklahoma 73528 .
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