Leon Holliday Obituary

Leon Juanita Johnson Holliday, 101, of Wytheville died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Funeral service will be held Thursday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Bethel AME Church with the Rev. Leonard Davis officiating. Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery. She was born May 26, 1906, in Ivanhoe, a daughter of the late Hampton and Esther Sayles Johnson. She was a member of the Bethel AME Church where she served as stewardess. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Albert Holliday; and four daughters, Ruth Rivers, Aileen Anderson, Ethel Stephens and Doris Pope. Survivors include three daughters, Cecelia Jones of Freeport, N.Y., Mary Davis of Jamaica, N.Y., and Alice Hill of St. Albans, N.Y.; a son and daughter-in-law, William A. Jr. and Louella Holliday of Sumpter, S.C.; a sister, Ossie Penn of Wytheville; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and other relatives and close friends. The body will be taken to the church one hour before service time where the family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. (service time). Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.