Grace Williams Williams Holloway

Mrs. Holloway was born in Bartow County, on January 5, 1927. She was the daughter of the late McKinley B. Williams and Elizabeth Mamie Haley Worthington. She grew up in the Rome area and graduated from Rome High School. Mrs. Holloway, a survivor of the depression, was extremely frugal, and was an “extreme couponer” before there was a show on TLC. She was a talented seamstress, loved to bake, and was an avid gardener. She also took pride in her appearance and always looked fashionable. Though she dedicated her life to raising six children as a homemaker, she also found time to be a substitute teacher for the Cedar Bluff, AL School System. Loved by all, she was very active at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, where everyone remembered her for her home cooking. She was an excellent mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by one grandchild, Thomas Holloway; three brothers, Billy Williams, Sammy Williams and Harry Williams; and one sister, Louise Weathers.

Survivors include her loving husband, Robert Joseph Holloway to whom she was married for 66 years; three daughters, Carole Holloway Lancaster and her husband Joseph, of Roswell, Emily Holloway Leffew and her husband Donnie, of Kingston, and Kathleen Holloway Wade and her husband Terry, of Cave Spring; three sons, Joseph Stephen Holloway of Cedar Bluff, AL, James Patrick Holloway and his wife Mary Jane, of Rome, and Thomas Leo Holloway, of Fernandina Beach, FL; one brother, Charles Williams of Rome; one sister, Emily Roberson of Rome; nine grandchildren, Grace Holloway, Shane Stokes, Erin Abbott, Christy Matthews, Haley Thomas, Hunter Lancaster, Jessica Rentz, Bryan Holloway, and Rachel Knight; and two step-grandchildren, Rebecca Milner, and David Leffew. Twelve great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.

Services for Mrs. Holloway were conducted Sunday July 29, 2012 at 5:00 P.M. in the Griffin Memorial Chapel of Daniel’s Funeral Home with Deacon Stuart Neslin officiating. The family received friends one hour prior to the service at Daniel’s. Interment was held Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at Bosque-Bello Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Flowers were accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter 922 East Morris Street Dalton, GA. 30721.

Daniel’s Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Grace Williams Holloway.