Donnie Lavae Mashburn Holland

Franklin, NC - Donnie Lavae Mashburn Holland, age 94, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012. She was born in Macon County, NC, May 17, 1917, the daughter of the late Bert Mashburn and Florence Bryson Mashburn. She was married to the late Lester K. Holland who died February 12, 1982. She was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Andrew M. and Amanda Crisp Bryson, with whom she went to live on Peaceful Cove when her mother died in 1920. Also preceding her were her infant brother, Andrew and her sister, Bonnie M. George; her daughter, Lolita H. Williams and her son, Arvil L. Holland. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She drove a school bus for about twenty-five years for Macon County Schools. She loved and was greatly loved by her family.

Mrs. Holland is survived by a daughter, Deloris H. Cook, and two sons, Landy Holland and wife Elaine of Franklin, and Leo Holland and wife Helen of North Pole, Alaska; son-in-law, Ray A. Williams of Anchorage, Alaska; nine grandchildren, Renee Williams Leyland, Sabrieta Holland, Shelly Holland, Robbie Holland, Tim Holland, Lester Holland, Gregg Cook, Pam Cook Owens, and Landon Holland and nineteen great-grandchildren. Other survivors include her sister, Jessie Marie M. Henson and three special nieces, Sylvia George Osbon, Kathy Tankersley and Villa H. Freeman.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 4:30 PM in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Rogers, Rev. John Rogers and Rev. Mike Chastain officiating. Burial will be in the Sugarfork Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 3:30 PM until 4:30 PM at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Robbie Holland, Tim Holland, Lester Holland, Landon Holland, Neal Owens and Glenn Holland. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Pine Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Shirley Stiles, 1361 Frazier Rd., Franklin, NC 28734.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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