Bettye Holloway said she still can’t believe she lost the ring from her soulmate, Ulysses Holloway, Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s first Black detective in the department’s burglary unit and a former Pompano Beach Police Department police officer.
After her beloved protector placed it on her finger when they wed in 1952, Holloway said she wore the wedding ring with pride for close to seven decades.
At 88, she said the three-layer ring of diamonds felt like a part of her.
“I never pulled it off for anything!”
Bettye Holloway said it vanished on Sunday after she turned out to cast her ballot at The E. Pat Larkins Community Center, at 520 Martin Luther King Blvd., in Pompano Beach.
Bettye and Ulysses Holloway wed in 1952.
Holloway said she couldn’t stop thinking about the compliments she got from a poll worker.
“Oh! I love your jewelry. It’s beautiful!” the woman said, according to Holloway.
The octogenarian remembers touching her ring when the woman complimented her. She said she touched it twice.
“I had to drop the individual ballot in the box myself,” Holloway said.
She was heartbroken when she was home and noticed it had vanished she thought about her Ulysses Holloway, a former Ely High School star fullback known as “Moose” who treated her like a princess. He died of cancer at 58 on Nov. 13, 1992.
“I told him I was sorry”
Ulysses Holloway is Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s first Black detective in the department’s burglary unit and a former Pompano Beach Police Department police officer.
Bettye Holloway made a public plea for help on Friday. She is hoping the Local 10 News community can help her find it.
“If they would please accept just whatever little reward that I can give.”
Holloway’s hope is someone found it and returns it.
“That’s what keeps me going.”
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After her beloved protector placed it on her finger when they wed in 1952, Holloway said she wore the wedding ring with pride for close to seven decades.
At 88, she said the three-layer ring of diamonds felt like a part of her.
“I never pulled it off for anything!”
Bettye Holloway said it vanished on Sunday after she turned out to cast her ballot at The E. Pat Larkins Community Center, at 520 Martin Luther King Blvd., in Pompano Beach.
Bettye and Ulysses Holloway wed in 1952.
Holloway said she couldn’t stop thinking about the compliments she got from a poll worker.
“Oh! I love your jewelry. It’s beautiful!” the woman said, according to Holloway.
The octogenarian remembers touching her ring when the woman complimented her. She said she touched it twice.
“I had to drop the individual ballot in the box myself,” Holloway said.
She was heartbroken when she was home and noticed it had vanished she thought about her Ulysses Holloway, a former Ely High School star fullback known as “Moose” who treated her like a princess. He died of cancer at 58 on Nov. 13, 1992.
“I told him I was sorry”
Ulysses Holloway is Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s first Black detective in the department’s burglary unit and a former Pompano Beach Police Department police officer.
Bettye Holloway made a public plea for help on Friday. She is hoping the Local 10 News community can help her find it.
“If they would please accept just whatever little reward that I can give.”
Holloway’s hope is someone found it and returns it.
“That’s what keeps me going.”
Continue reading...