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Elizabeth Bell Holley

Elizabeth Bell Holley[1]

Female 1917 - 2013  (95 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Bell Holley 
    Born 23 Oct 1917  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Aug 2013 
    Buried Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I8988  My Reynolds Line | Pittsylvania Co., VA Holleys
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2023 

    Father William 'Willie' Coleman Holley,   b. 6 Nov 1889, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1967  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Lessie Lee Rigney,   b. 3 Feb 1894, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1979, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1916 
    • !MARRIAGE:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
      Frances Reynolds
    Family ID F2955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Elizabeth Bell Holley
    Elizabeth Bell Holley
    p8988ElizabethBellHolley.jpg

    Documents
    Elizabeth Holley Patterson-Obit
    Elizabeth Holley Patterson-Obit
    Danville Register and Bee
    Aug 21, 2013

  • Notes 
    • Twin #2

  • Sources 
    1. [S133] Brenda Gregory (nee Holley) .
      Family History by Brenda Holley Gregory, Richmond, Virgini1860 VA Census Pittsylvania Co. Swansonville HeritageQuest Series M653, Roll 1370, Page 185, HH/Fam 196, John W.Gregory 30, Martha 27, Eliza 5, John B 3, Octavia 2, Alice 1
      See Histories

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115819182.
      Elizabeth Bell Holley Patterson
      Birth 23 Oct 1917
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Death 19 Aug 2013 (aged 95)
      Danville City, Virginia
      Burial
      Highland Burial Park
      Danville, Danville City, Virginia
      Elizabeth Holley Patterson, 95, of 713 Lansbury Drive Danville went to be with her heavenly Father on Monday, August 19, 2013 at her residence. She had been in declining health for two weeks.

      Mrs. Patterson was born October 23, 1917 a daughter of Willie Coleman Holley and Lessie Rigney Holley. She had lived her early life in the Dry Fork community and worked as a supply clerk for Dan River Mills and worked at Durham Hosiery from 1958 until her retirement in1985.

      Mrs. Patterson was a member of Temple Baptist Church and served as a volunteer at Roman Eagle Memorial Home for many years.

      Survivors include a daughter, Ann Cook and husband, Bob of Blairs; a daughter-in-law, Betty J. Patterson of Garner, NC; a brother, Herbert K. Holley and wife, Joan of Danville; five grandchildren, Crystal Hankins and fiancée Freddie Wise, Leslie Oberhaus and husband, Greg, Robert Patterson, Jr. and wife, Melina, William Michael Patterson and wife, Maia Sisk and Andy Patterson and wife, Terri; 7 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Special thanks to her caregiver, Ruby Wise.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Robert Wayne Patterson, a sister, Ruth Parrish, three brothers, Harry W. Holley, Henry Coleman "H.C." Holley and her twin brother, Julian S. Holley, who was killed in World War II.