Eleanor Inez Holland

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Striffler-Hamby’s Edgewood Hall. Her family will visit with friends prior to the service beginning at 1:00 PM. Burial will be in Parkhill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Saints Alive Ministry of First Baptist Church of Jonesboro or Gideon Ministry of Fayette East Camp.

Eleanor was born in Mobile, Alabama on December 9, 1930 to the late Ella Johnson Middlebrooks and Willis B. Middlebrooks. She was married to the late Richard R. Holland, Sr. Eleanor was Christian by faith and lived that faith daily. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed spending every moment she could with them. Eleanor was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be greatly missed.

Eleanor is preceded in death by her husband, Richard R. Holland, Sr.; parents, Ella Johnson Middlebrooks and Willis B. Middlebrooks; and three brothers, James, Brewster, and Henry . She is survived by her children, Sharon (Edward) Bartlett and Rick (Patty) Holland; her grandchildren, Renea Pope, Adam Bartlett, Amber Fox, Autumn Holland, Brittany Childers, Brett Bertrand, and Rylee Holland; and eight great grandchildren, Ezekiel Pope, Sadie Bartlett, Sawyer Bartlett, Eli Bartlett, Jaxson Fox, Raegan Fox, Maelee Childers, and Nolan Childers.

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