Anna Raye Holley

Anna Raye Smith Holley
BIRTH
9 Nov 1932
Galion, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH
6 Jul 2013 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
BURIAL
Bonne Idee Cemetery
Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID
114054310 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 4
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Anna Raye Smith Holley, Los Angeles, California, left her earthly body to begin eternal life with her Lord and Savior on July 6, 2013. Anna was born in Gallion, Louisiana on November 9, 1932. Her unending faith in God carried her through many triumphs and trials in life, but she inspired many as she worked in the ministry with her husband in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Hawaii. Anna earned her Master's Degree in English from the University of Hawaii in 1965 and taught in public schools in Arkansas and Louisiana for 25 years. Her passion for educating children in literature, especially Shakespeare, was exceeded only by her devotion to God and family. She will be greatly missed by her two daughters, five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren and their families. She is survived by daughters Rebecca Ann Holley Voinche, her husband, Donald, Deborah June Holley Lewis, her husband, John, 5 grandchildren – Laura Poche', Jill Bellows, Jon Caviness, Ian Lewis and Robert Lewis, and 10 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sisters Mabel Hayes and Catherine Thomas, brothers Francis, Howard, Billy and Newton Smith. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Holley, parents Newton Smith and Pauline Deville Smith, brother, Earl Smith and sister, Doylene Jones. Graveside services will be held July 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Bonne Idee Cemetery in Mer Rouge, Louisiana.

Family Members
Parents

Newton W. Smith
1896–1965

Pauline T. DeVille Smith
1901–1983

Spouse

John Thomas Holley
1934–1987 (m. 1951)

Siblings

Earl W. Smith
1926–1984

Doyline Evelyn Smith Jones
1929–2004

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