Former Dundalk resident and softball hall of famer Charles Percy Holston died June 25 in Edgewood, Ky., where he had lived for 10 months. He was 87.
{reg}An athlete in his youth, he was manager or coach for numerous Dundalk-area men’s fast-pitch softball teams from 1948 to 1971. He led many teams to championships, according to a family member. From 1980 to 2003, he coached the Lions women’s fast-pitch softball team at Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk.
In 1958, he was selected as All-Star Softball Coach by the Baltimore News Post. He was inducted into the Maryland Fast-pitch Softball Hall of Fame in 1985, the Greater Dundalk Sports Hall of Fame in 1986, the Baltimore Boys of Summer Hall of Fame in 2012 and the CCBC Hall of Fame in 2013. He was a founding member of the Maryland Oldtimers Fast-pitch Softball Association and served as president of the organization from 1990 to 2012.
The son of the late Percy and Marie Holston graduated from Patterson High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked at Patapsco and Back River Railroad as supervisor of railroad car services for 35 years. He retired in 1980.
Several nieces and nephews survive him. He was preceded in death by wife Veronica Holston and brothers Darrell, Warren, Raymond and Carl Holston.
Interment with military honors was held at St. Stanislaus Cementery following services at Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Blue Grass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, KY 40504, or to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979.{/reg}
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