Robbie T. Townsend Holliday

ROBBIE T. HOLLIDAY, 89, passed away Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. Born in Como, Miss., Robbie was the daughter of the late Willie and Bertha Townsend. Robbie was a nursing assistant with Courtland Rehabilitation Center for over 20 years prior to her retirement. She enjoyed being outdoors working in her yard. She also enjoyed knitting, sewing, cooking, but most of all spending time with her family. Surviving are her children, Rubbie Holiday and Marvin (Bethany) Holiday, both of Fort Wayne, DeLoice Holliday of Bloomington, Yvonne Holliday, Barbara Holliday, Hattie Roberson, Sandra (Larry) Holliday, Geraldine Holliday, and Susan (Sherwin) Holliday, all of Fort Wayne; 28 grandchildren; 46 great-great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Willie Brown of Fort Wayne, Lillian Adams of Helena, Ark., and Ernestine (Jessie) Wilbourn-Webster of Memphis, Tenn. Robbie was preceded in death by her children, Gene Kelley Blake and Diann Holliday; and siblings, Costie Burton, Willie Franklin, Dorothy Pride, and Ella Mae Jones. Service is 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling from 11 a.m. until the time of service. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.