Mrs. S. Holloway

April 7, 1919 - July 29, 2010

Leema Beatrice Schoolar Holloway, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, 2010 at the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Murphy Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Rev. Billy Bowie and Rev. David Keen will be officiating. She is survived by her son, David (Brenda) Holloway, Clinton, Mississippi and her grandsons, Lan (Jennifer) Holloway, Houston, Texas and Brandon Holloway, Clinton, Mississippi and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceding her in death were her husband of over sixty years, Rev. James N. Holloway, her parents, Milton L. Schoolar and Rebecca Elizabeth Haggard Schoolar, her sister, Wilma Thompson, and her brother, J. L. Schoolar. A native of Winston County, she was a 1935 graduate of Ellison Ridge High School and a graduate of Hillman College in Clinton, Mississippi. A devoted pastor’s wife for over sixty years, she served as a school teacher and factory worker in her early married years. Later she was a substitute teacher and a part-time Baptist Bookstore worker. She was a long-time member of First Baptist Church, Louisville, Mississippi and was active in her Sunday School class, the Women’s Missionary Union, and Joy Club. She enjoyed reading, visiting with friends, and watching NBA basketball games where she identified more with the coaches than the players. The family would like to thank the staffs of Trinity Mission Health and Rehabilitation of Clinton, Mississippi, The Baptist Medical Center Oncology Floor of Jackson, Mississippi, and Hospice Ministries of Ridgeland, Mississippi for their kind and compassionate care. Pallbearers will be Lan Holloway, Brandon Holloway, Ken Schoolar, Richie Schoolar, Frank Cockrell and Dwight Davidson. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the Senior Adult Ministry, First Baptist Church, Louisville, Mississippi, Mississippi College, P. O. Box 4062, Clinton, Mississippi 39058, or The Baptist Children’s Village, P. O. Box 27, Clinton, Mississippi 39060-0027. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements. You may sign the guestbook at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.