Lucille Patton Holloway

On April 24, 2026, Lucille Holloway’s soul left this mortal realm and joined her Maker in heaven. She was surrounded by loved ones in her home overlooking her beloved marshes of Glynn County.

Born in 1926 to Robert Tombs Patton and Odelia Howell in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, Lucille’s life is an enduring testament to grit, determination, faith, and kindness.

As World War II raged, Lucille witnessed destruction, injustice, and man’s inhumanity to man. Lucille’s righteous spirit moved her to drop out of high school and move to El Segundo (“El Señor”), California, where she built the bombers used to fight the Axis Powers. She was working in an ammunition factory in Minden, Louisiana, on VJ Day. For her dedication and service, she was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom as a real Rosie the Riveter.

As a single mother of three, red-headed Lucille attended cosmetology school and became proprietor of her own salon based in Brunswick, Georgia, on Norwich Street.

A lover of dance and big bands, Lucille is preceded in death by her husband Lamar Holloway— her “Little Man” who would swing her across the floor.

An impoverished child of the Great Depression, Lucille never forgot her humble roots, serving meals at the Mana House even when her own legs would not allow her to stand.

She is survived by her three loving children: Maggie Jean and husband Paul Prey, Margaret Anne and husband David Tinsley; and Ronald Lewis and wife Loretta Kaufman. She leaves behind her stepson Danny Holloway, as well as a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren.

In her later years, Lucille received the greatest gift of kindness with the arrival of Thomas Andrew “Andy” Holder who attended and cared for her as if she were his own mother.

An open house will be announced and held at a later date this summer in Brunswick, GA, in appreciation of the many friends and loved ones who touched her life through their great kindness and love.

A graveside service will be held near her birthplace in Louisiana, after which her mortal remains will be interred with her family members and loved ones, who have long awaited her in heaven.

Lucille believed that we are our brother’s keepers— that we are created to make this world a better place, to lift one another up, and to be there in times of plenty and in times of need. May we take inspiration from her life and live our own in her spirit every day.