Funeral service for Willie Raye Donaho Holland will be held 1 PM Wednesday, February 16, 2011 in Blanchard-St. Denis Chapel with Rev. Paul Grace and Rev. Brian Jennings officiating. Burial will be in Provencal Cemetery at Provencal, La. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 15, 2011 from 5 PM until 9 PM and on Wednesday, February 15, 2011 from 8 AM until service time in the funeral home.
Mrs. Holland, 77, of Provencal, La., died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at her residence in Provencal, La.
Mrs. Holland was a native of Provencal, La. She was an employee for Lott Oil Company for the last eighteen years. She was a member of Provencal First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Hicks, second husband, Orville Smith, and third husband, Rollan Holland; three sons, Kenneth Hicks, Clayton Hicks, Jimmy Hicks; five sisters, Bernice Tolar, Claudia McKemie, Clydia Chance, Vivian Kirk, and Vira Robertson; one brother, John Donaho; parents, Clyde Wilson Donaho and Ellen Sanders Donaho.
She is survived by two daughters, Eileen Yopp of Provencal, La. and Shirley Earwood and husband Tim of Natchitoches, La.; five grandchildren, Misty Childress and husband Clay, Denise Baldo, Willliam Daughtry, Deborah Tyson and husband Eric, Arron Daughtry and wife Jaime, Kenny Daughtry, and Shirley Daughtry; six great grandchildren, Patrick Harper, Chasity Harper, Brieanna Daughtry, David Chankler, Ivan Daughtry, Jada Cagle, Taylor Schillings, Ian Childress, Brady Childress, and Hunter Daughtry; one sister, Vida Lamborn of Ashton, Id.
Pallbearers will be Phillip Gandy, Ray Gandy, Jeremy Yopp, Donnie Martin, Sean Isgitt, and Brandon Isgitt.
Honorary pallbearers will be Eddie Isgitt, Ben Lindsay, Wilmer Holland, Freeman Holland, and George Holland.