Jesse was a lifelong resident of the Riverside area of Fort Worth and was well-known for his leadership and coaching roles in the Riverside Football Association and Little League during the 1980s. His greatest pleasures always involved his children and the camping and fishing trips taken as a family. As "Papa," he was always willing to play and run with his grandchildren. Jesse was preceded in death by his father, Jesse E. Hollis, and his mother, Gracie Fritts Hollis. Memorials: Sympathy to the family may be expressed by donations to Springdale Baptist Church, Texas Wesleyan University's annual fund or the Community Hospice of Texas.