Walter Claude Hollums.
Sergeant Claude Hollums was struck and killed by a car on 62nd Street and 1st Avenue. Sergeant Hollums was on duty but on his way home to tell his wife he had been promoted to Sergeant. He stepped off an East Lake street car when he was hit by a vehicle. The driver took him to hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries before he arrived. The driver was originally charged with manslaughter, but the charges were dropped when Sergeant Hollums widow and brother requested that all charges be dropped. Sergeant Hollums was a United States Navy WWI veteran who had served with the Birmingham Police Department for three years and previously served with the Southern Railway Police Department for one year. He was survived by his wife, two children, and two brothers. One brother also served with the Birmingham Police Department
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Hollums gave the Birmingham Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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