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Funeral Services were held June 19, 2021 at Memory Chapel of Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary with the burial at Holy Cross Cemetery, final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary Hollice Black, was born on September 16, 1956 to Willie “Pops” Black and Opal Lee Black in Dallas Texas. Both parents proceed him in death. He closed on […]

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