Terry; I spoke last night to one of the Brothers who spoke to Tollie's widow, Carol.
He
revealed to me that she said that for the last decade of his life he
was having mental problems and his "apostasy" period was caused by
health issues.
So that person that said;
He was a very prominent brother and
everyone in the circuit > knew of him. I heard a few of his talks
and introduce myself to him and then for > no apparent reason he just
stopped. All kinds of talk roamed throughout the city > of El Paso
that he was losing it, spiritually weak, apostate, mental sickness,
Was RIGHT ON!
Well this sucks for you, but maybe not when you think about it,----because it seems that when you contacted Tollie, ------he was full blown APOSTATE.
I think what happened is he was protecting himself from being revealed. When a person learns TTATT, he usually goes through a serious of stages. The final stage if he has wife, kids, family, is to fade without making waves so as not to lose his family.
I bet you everything, Tolli was a full blown apostate. He wasn't sick or have mental illness.
He was smart and finally figured out everything. 607 vs 587, Generation teaching---the whole thing.
That's what happens when someone who goes to Gilead and becomes a missionary-THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN QUITS.
I read these kinds of experiences all the time on Reddit exjw.
In fact I read one of a CO who woke up and his related experience matches Tollie's perfectly.
He just quit and disappeared. Everyone was saying he was mentally sick.
But he was posting on Exjw reddit and telling us all his stories as a CO.
So it seems your friend was -an undercover APOSTATE.
And it makes sense because if I was Tollie, and became a missionary, and a very prominent elder---I would do the same thing. And if a long time friend called me out of the blue, on the phone or email and said what you said, I would not reveal myself to you considering my wanting to stay faded to my family. I just wouldn't risk it by revealing myself to you.
So now you know the whole story.
Smart, Clever Tollie-----HAD WOKEN UP TO THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUTH.