Funeral services for Ellen Lois Holt Rich, age 81, of Collinwood, TN will be Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 3 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Collinwood, TN with Tim Hanback and Stacey Holt officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County directing. Visitation will be Saturday, February 23, 2008 from 5 pm to 9 pm and Sunday, February 24, 2008 from 10 am until service time at the funeral home. She died at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, TN on Friday, February 22, 2008 after an extended illness.
A native of Wayne County, TN, she was a homemaker and a member of Millrock Freewill Baptist Church. Mrs. Rich was preceded in death by her parents, Odie Evans Moore and Rosie Alice Brewer Moore; her first husband, Willie Kenneth (Bill) Holt; son, Jerry Wayne Holt; granddaughter, Terest Holt; and brothers, Grayford, Wayford, Rayford, Billy, and Paul Moore.
Survivors, husband, Ernest Rich, Collinwood; son, Willie Junior Holt, Collinwood; daughters, Judy Holt Staggs, Minna Faye Holt Kilpatrick, Lawrenceburg, TN; stepson, Larry Fred Rich, Collinwood; stepdaughters, Dean Holt, Cypress Inn, TN, Delia Roberson, Iron City, TN; grandchildren, Jeffery Wayne Holt, Kenneth Brian Holt, Anthony Keith Holt, Lisa Marie Inman, Kristy Michelle Holt, Kimberly Faye Skimehorne, Keith Rayn Holt; great-grandchildren, Clelsea, Seth, Ethan, Allison, Alexus, Hannah, Jessica, and Brittin Holt, Kerra and Mason Inman, Terra Rochelle, Dyron and Chase Roberson; great-great-grandchildren, Jackson Lowe, Braxton Littleton; six step-grandchildren; eleven step-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.