Vera B. Holloway, 98, , died Monday, June 29,
2009 at Rhea Medical Center.
Mrs. Holloway was born in Bledsoe County, Tenn., the daughter of
the late John Marshall and Lou Henderson Billingsley. She was a graduate of Rhea Central High
School. Mrs. Holloway retired from Chamberlain Memorial Hospital as an LPN after 25 years of
service. She later worked for the Rhea County Department of Education as a school nurse and
substitute teacher. She was a 75-year member of Spring City Church of Christ.
Mrs.
Holloway was preceded in death by her husband, Homer K. Holloway; and grandson, Freddie
Holloway.
Survivors include her daughters, Geraldine (Finley) Bandy and Nancy Smith both of
Hixson, Tenn.; son, Ralph Holloway of Nashville, Tenn.; sister, Edna Parnell of Oneida, Tenn.;
eleven grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday, July 2, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with
Brother, Jim McCord officiating. Burial will be at Spring City Cemetery.
The family
will receive friends, Wednesday, July 1, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu
of flowers, donations can be made to Spring City Church of Christ.
Vaughn Funeral Home of Spring
City is in charge of arrangements.
THE HERALD-NEWS
Serving Dayton, Tenn., and the Rhea County Community Since 1898
3687 Rhea County Highway, P.O. Box 286, Dayton, Tennessee 37321 (423) 775-6111