Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:22 pm Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Edna King Holley

Edna King Holley

November 27, 2012

Edna King Holley, 90, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Huntsville Hospital.

She and her late husband, Odus, owned and operated King’s Department Store in Red Bay for 50 years.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Red Bay. She enjoyed activities with her family, traveling, and being a member of the Red Bay Garden Club. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother as well as a dear friend.

Graveside services were Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens, Florence, with Bro. Larry Hill officiating. Burial was in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens, Florence.

Survivors include two daughters, Lynda Ledbetter and husband, Jerry, Mobile, and Marilyn Murphree and husband, Steve, Guntersville; one sister, Austelene McGee, Boaz; four beloved grandsons, Micah Ledbetter and wife, Stephanie, Nathan Ledbetter and wife, Erin, Kyle Murphree and wife, Laura, and Tyler Murphree; the delight of her life, six great-grandchildren, Lawson and Harper Ledbetter, Rivers and Reece Ledbetter and Kylie and Collins Murphree and a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 616, Red Bay, Al. 35582.

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