Velma Holliday Hollis

Mrs. Velma Holliday Hollis, 83, of 731 Buck Swamp Road, died Friday at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A native of Martin County, she was the daughter of the late Hoyt and Frances Swain Holliday. Mrs. Hollis was a member of Love Memorial Baptist Church.

Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Love Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Warrick, Rev. Mike Dixon and Rev. Dave Fishman officiating. Interment will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Joe Hollis; daughters, Nettie H. Holmes and husband, Kenneth, Dawn H. Summerlin, Melanie H. Thompson and husband Larry, and Sandra H. Gurley and husband Roland, all of Goldsboro; son, Billy W. Hollis of Goldsboro; grandchildren, Jay Rollins, Pam Pike, Michelle McGarry, Mark Holmes, Keith Holmes, Tara Bass, Amanda Thompson, Holly Lewis, Niki Gurley, Angela Hollis, and Christopher Hollis; great-grandchildren, Dustin Pike, Brandon Pike, Brandy Holmes, Rebecca Holmes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Rachel Taylor, Michelle Meador, Turner Bass, and Nicholas Lewis; sister, Rachel H. Comstock of Plymouth, N.C.; a sister-in-law, Martha Brown Holliday of Williamston, N.C.; brother-in-law, Jack Whitfield of Hamilton, N.C. a very special friend, Natasha S. Jones of Goldsboro.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 2402 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro N.C. 27534.

The family will receive friends following the service at the church and will be at the residence at other times.