Your friends celebrated you and your 48th birthday last night.  We miss you  very much, your laughter, smile and walking your dogs.  We all love you.  Roz, Pam, Anita, Agnes, Gayla and Per, JJ, and Diva.

Happy birthday John........ I miss you so much!

I will always remember how my Dad was so caring and loving. He taught me many things in life. He was someone I could always go to when I needed advice or just needed to vent. My Dad was there for me no matter what. This is why it pains me so much that he is gone. I can't imagine my life without him. However, I have to start imaging it because this is real and he isn't coming back. I just wish he would have known how much I still loved him and maybe he wouldn't be gone. Knowing how he is going to miss out on things like seeing Melanie and I getting married, meeting his future grandchildren, and seeing me graduate from law school, absolutely breaks my heart. I hope you are at peace now and you come visit us when you can. Daddy, I love you and miss you terribly. You will forever be in my heart. 

Love,

My dad would always say... Everything happens for a reason... This one is hard to accept... He was an amazing designer, he was the go to person for interior design. His drawings, his ideas, his finished product, just absolutely amazing. If you never had the opportunity to see his floral arrangements, I do apologize, they were stunning. He taught my Aunt Kerry how to create beautiful floral arrangements, she did an amazing job at his viewing and I can't thank her enough. I miss my Daddy very much, I miss the phone calls, I will miss the lunches, the family dinners, the get together's for holidays and birthdays, going to Fashion Square, antique shopping, all of it. I wish I was able to have lunch with him 2 weeks ago like we planned, when I was coming down from school. I will miss him calling me Princess, Jorge, or Jordan Colby. As much as I wish he was still be here, I know he is in a better place, he is free from all the pain and hurt. He can finally be at peace. I just hope he knows he is loved and he will forever be missed. I love you Daddy. I miss you! Thank you for everything you have taught me. I love you, Princess

John was the good friend of friends and I enjoyed his caring ways and his humor when I visited.  I'll miss him.  Ray Mahoney

It is with a heavy heart that I write in John's Guest Book.  He was a good person and very good friend.  We shared many a laugh over coffee and drinks.  He was part of the friendship posse.  Pam, John, Matt and I had great field trips together.  Pam and I were the last to see him.  We will miss him.  Loved him.  Roz

   John, Matt and I were Roz's Posse!! We were all neighbors and shared many a morning over coffee and took a few day trips together!! We always had so much fun and John even took a virtual tour with Roz and I when we went to Italy. We were one of the last ones to see him and it was a shock to all of us to learn of his passing. I think of all the good times we had together and there will certainly be a void in our lives;not having him stop by to chat or to help us in any way he could, to hear his stories ; hear his laugh and quick wit.
  He loved his family very much. Know my thoughts are with all the family at this time. I'll always remember him with great fondness . His neighbor, Pam

OBITUARY

John Brinsley Holyfield

February 24, 1967 – May 5, 2014

Green Acres Mortuary & Cemetery

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