We miss you. We promise to keep the school clean every day.
— Holtville Elementary School student
Submiitted / TPI Terrell Crosby was the custodian at Holtville Elementary School. He was killed in a crash last Saturday. The school hosted his funeral service Saturday.
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Cliff Williams / TPI The casket of Terrell Crosby was draped in an Alabama blanket at his funeral at Holtville Elementary School, a school were he served as custodian from nearly three decades.
