Thank you Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <janncromwell@highland.net> To: <TNMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:34 AM Subject: Re: [TNMORGAN] Ida Juanita Roberts Holder Donathan 1927-2004 > Our sympathy and prayers to list member Gerri and her family in the loss > of her mom. > > JHughes3829@aol.com wrote: > > >Ida Juanita Roberts Holder Donathan was born into this world on March 4, > >1927, in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia to Margaret Mae Justes and Jesse > >(Pet) Roberts. > > > >Juanita, 77 years old, made a peaceful journey to Heaven at 6:42 a.m., Friday > >morning, May 14, 2004, in Fountain, Florida where she resided with her > >daughter, Gerri DeGroff. > > > >A remarkable woman, she lived her life in Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky > >and Florida. Although she faced many trials and tribulations in her life, > >with the help of God, she was able to overcome them all with great strength, > >dignity and a growing spirit. Her greatest happiness on this Earth was in her > >children, but her life also touched many thousands of others. She would give words > >of wisdom or a moment of hope to anyone who needed them, but never realized > >how far reaching those few moments would be for many years to come. > > > >Preceding her in death were her first husband, Robert Holder, her second > >husband, John Donathan, her parents, Margaret Mae Justes Roberts and Jesse (Pet) > >Roberts, stepmother, Bigaha Matthews Roberts, four brothers William, Elmer, > >Verlin, Carl, and a sister Margaret Roberts Eagle. > > > >She is survived by children, Carlos Holder and wife, Linda, of Florida, > >Margaret Holder Beasley of North Carolina, Gerri Holder DeGroff and husband, Herb, > >of Florida, Gary (Sonny Holder) Crawford and wife, Brenda, of Kentucky, Judy > >Donathan of Florida, John Donathan, Jr., Florida and Clyde Donathan of Florida. > >She is also survived by two brothers, Walter Roberts and wife, Helen Spivey > >Roberts, of Ben Hur, Virginia and Claude Roberts and wife, Ruth, of Georgia. > > > >Juanita has 11 grand children, many great grand children and hundreds of > >nieces, nephews and cousins who will miss her presence. > > > >Receiving of friends will be at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Panama City, > >Florida on Saturday, May 15, 2004, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Kent-Forest > >Chapel. Memorial services will be Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 3 p.m., in the > >Chapel of Kent-Forest. > > > >Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home > >2403 Harrison Ave > >Corner of 23rd and Harrison > >Panama City, FL 32405-4417 > >Phone (850) 763-4694 > > > > > >==== TNMORGAN Mailing List ==== > >Don't want to receive this mail list anymore? Go to this page to unsub: > >http://www.tngenweb.org/morgan/maillist.html > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNMORGAN Mailing List ==== > List Administrator > Julie Cromwell > janncromwell@highland.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >