Martha Faye Holt

.The funeral for Martha “Mamaw” Faye Willis Holt, 75, of Elkmont will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Elkmont Church of Christ with Steve Ferguson and Lelius Walker officiating. The body will lie in state from 10-11 a.m. at the church. Interment will be at Hodges Cemetery in Pettusville.

Visitation is from 6-9 tonight at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens.

She died Monday, June 21, 2010, at home.

Mrs. Holt was born Jan. 27, 1935, in Limestone County, to James Raymond Willis and Jessie Maurine Robinson Willis. She was a member of Elkmont Church of Christ and graduated from Elkmont High School.

Mrs. Holt was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed cooking for her family and friends, gardening and crocheting.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sydney Ivy Holt, her son, Raymond Willis Holt, her grandparents, Maggie and Lonnie Robinson, and Alvie and Melvia Willis; two sisters, Jane Dawson and Evelyn Dunnavant,

Survivors include son, Reginald Ivy Holt and wife Lisa of Athens; daughters, Jan Adams of Elkmont, Kay Miller and husband Dannie, Kim Dean and husband Donnie, all of Athens; grandchildren, Crystal Newsom, Jeremy Miller, Jessica Yager, Joshua Kennedy, Justin Kennedy, Eli Adams, Donnie Dean, Josalyn Dean and Eric Adams; step grandchildren, Dana Craig, Honee Batt, Brittney Ables and Ricky Whitesell.

She also is survived by great-grandchildren, Laura and Hayden Huseth, Matthew Newsom, Jacob and Sydney Speer, Abby, Rebekah and Russell Yager, Makayla and Holt Kennedy, Ethan, Elizabeth and Miranda Adams, Skyler Adams and Ethan Craig.

Pallbearers will be Hayden Huseth, Wade Holt, Justin Kennedy, Donnie Dean, Joshua Kennedy, Eli Adams, David Dunnavant and Colton Dunnavant.

Honorary pallbearers are Tom Moore, Nelson Moore, Jeremy Miller, Eric Adams Matthew Newsom, Jacob Speer and Erick Chaney.