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Dr. Peter Osborne Holliday, Jr. MACON - Dr. Peter Osborne Holliday, Jr., 85, died January 20, 2007. He was born on July 9, 1921 in Macon to Judge Peter Osborne and Martha Elizabeth Riley Holliday. He attended North Georgia College and Mercer University. He received his DDS degree from Emory University in 1945. Dr. Holliday served as a Lt. in the Navy attached to the Fleet Marines in North China until 1947. He did additional postgraduate dental training at the University of Michigan. He practiced dentistry in Macon from 1947 until the present day. His son Lindsay joined him in practice in 1983; they founded Holliday Dental Associates. -He served the American Dental Association through numerous local and state offices, and served as president of the Georgia Dental Association in 1978. Other dental memberships included Fellowship in the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the Georgia Academy of Dental Practice. He was a dedicated bicyclist and a proponent of aerobic exercise and proper nutrition. He was a member of the Southern Bicycle League, League of American Wheelman and Southern Academy of Clinical Nutrition. -Dr. Holliday is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary Lucille Dozier Holliday; children, Dr. Peter Osborne Holliday, III (Jeanne Jones), Lucy Riley Holliday, Dr. Lindsay Dozier Holliday (Marie MacKay), all of Macon; and Mary Dozier Holliday Byrd (Dr. Benjamin Byrd, III) of Nashville, Tennessee; grandchildren, Dorothy Zimmerman Holliday, Peter Osborne Holliday, IV; Lucy Faith Collins, Jane McRae Collins Boutwell (Andrew), Mary Lindsay Collins, Elizabeth Cordelia Collins; Margaret Fairchild Dozier Holliday; Caroline Lindsay Byrd, Benjamin Franklin Byrd, IV.; Sister-in-Law , Cordelia Dessau Holliday; niece, Martha Frances Holliday Sanford (Jerry) and Nephew , Riley Dessau Holliday (Sue). -Dr. Holliday was predeceased by his only brother, Jackson Riley Holliday. -The family will greet friends from 6:00 until 8:00P.M. Tuesday, January 23rd. at Hart's Mortuary. -Memorial Service - High Street Unitarian Church, 1085 High Street at 11am Wednesday, January 24th. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. -The family may be reached at the residence of Dr. Peter Holliday, III, at 607 College Street. -The family suggests memorial donations to the charity of your choice. -Online tributes at www.HollidayDental.com -Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements Dr. Peter Holliday, Jr.

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Published by The Telegraph from Jan. 22 to Jan. 23, 2007.

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Trena Ford

January 21, 2008

Dr. Peter O. Holliday III I am sorry to here of the passing of your father. I understand what it means to lose someone you dearly love. My daughter Amanda was a patient of yours for 16 years of her short life. She truly did enjoy coming to see you and I know if your father was anything like you he was a wonderful physician. Trena Darlene Ford Cordele/ Pitts Ga

Renee Rivers

September 11, 2007

The world lost a great man. You really touched my life when I worked with you. You were God's healing hand.

candace vinson

March 3, 2007

We are so sorry to hear of your loss. Please know that we are thinking of you and your family at this difficult time. May your memories bring you comfort.
Candace Vinson & Morgan Nelson

Roy Dozier

February 13, 2007

I think I may be related to you. My name is Roy N. Dozier IV. Your father will be in my prayers

Leo & Peggy Cranford

January 26, 2007

Dr Peter Holliday III - There is no greater loss than that of a father. No words can help at this time, but know that you are in our prayers. I know the Lord will be with you and your family.

Doris C. Childers

January 24, 2007

TO THE WHOLE FAMILY OF DR PETER HOLLIDAY,
LUCY , I SHALL NEVER FOR GET THE DAY WHEN YOU CAME TO DUBLIN , GEORGIA AND TOOK ME TO YOUR FATHER'S DENTAL OFFICE. HE WAS SO KIND AND GENTLE WITH ME AND SET MY MIND AT EASE AS HE PREPARED TO REPLACE THE DENTURES I HAD LOST. I HARDLY KNEW HIS HANDS WERE IN MY MOUTH. HE IS A MOST ELEGRANT GENTLE MAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN. I NEVER WILL FORGET ON JANUARY 20,WHEN YOU PULLED ME A SIDE AND TOLD ME YOU TOO HAD AN INFANT SON, WHO PASSED AWAY BY STILLBIRTH, NAMED ELIJAH. I WAS SO SHOCKED TO HEAR OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH. I PRAY THE LORD WILL COVER AND COMFORT EACH ONE OF YOU AS YOU PREPARE TO LAY HIM AT REST. NOW, YOU CAN KNOW HE IS WITH HIS GRANDSON ELIJAH COLLINS. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU WITH HIS GREAT NAME AND LOVE. ALWAYS , DORIS C. CHILDERS (DUBLIN,GEORGIA)

Doris C. Childers

January 24, 2007

TO LUCY HOLLIDAY AND ALL IN FAMILY
I SHALL ALWAYS TREASURE THE DAY YOU CAME TO DUBLIN, GEORGIA AND TOOK ME TO YOUR FATHER'S DENTAL CLINIC AND HE REMADE MY DENTURES FOR ME. HE IS THE MOST KIND GENTLE DENTIST I HAVE EVER KNOWN. I HARDLY KNEW HIS HANDS WERE IN MY MOUTH. I WAS SO AFRAID . HE GENTLY PUT MY MIND AT EASE. I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR OF HIS DEATH. YOU PULLED ME ASIDE ON THE SABBATH DAY AND TOLD ME YOU TOO HAD A NEW BORN BABY NAMED ELIJAH SO LONG AGO, WHO PASSED AS A STILL BORN. NOW HE IS THERE WITH HIS ELIJAH , GRANDSON ENJOYING ALL THE BLESSING OF THE ETERNAL HEAVENS. I SHALL NEVER FORGET HIS GREAT KINDNESS TOWARD ME. MAY THE LORD COMFORT ALL OF YOU IN YOUR GREAT LOSS. ALL OF YOU ARE A TREASURE TO ME
LOVE YOU ALWAYS , DORIS C. CHILDERS ( DUBLIN, GEORGIA.)

Vicki King

January 24, 2007

Dr. Lindsey and family:

It was a great honor to know Dr. Pete. He was always so gentle and kind. His smile was like a beautiful light! We know you will miss him greatly. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of loss.

Mike and Vicki King

Sandi and Bob Shipp

January 24, 2007

Dr. Pete was our excellent dentist for over 40 years, and a real diplomat. Please accept our deepest sympathy for his untimely death.

Denise Ottum

January 24, 2007

Dr. Holliday III: I am so sorry to hear of your father's passing. He will always be with you and your family in spirit and you will always have your wonderful memories to reflect upon. He must have been a great man to have raised a son such as you. My prayers are with you. (patient of Dr. Holliday III)

Patsy Adams

January 23, 2007

Please share our deepest sympathy to all the family. May you look to God for peace and comfort now and in the days ahead. May your memories and friends be able to ease your grief. The entire family will be in our prayers.
(patient and family members) of Dr. Peter Holliday III.

Kim Edwards

January 23, 2007

Words can not adequately express the sorrow and grief I experienced upon learning about the death of Dr. Holliday. He was truly a kind, loving person. He was a true gentleman and his smile could light up any room he entered. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and family.

Ginger George Roberts

January 23, 2007

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Stephanie Boyer Winters

January 23, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Peter Givens

January 23, 2007

Know that our prayers are with you at this time and always.
Pleasant Hill Neighborhood Improvement Group

Bruce Helton

January 23, 2007

Lindsay, Marie and Family,
May each of you find peace and comfort from family and friends during this time of loss. Just know others are there for you.

Bobby&Dorothy Branch

January 23, 2007

Dr. Peter Holliday III sorry to hear of your loss of your father.

Ammie Radford Cole

January 23, 2007

I'm sorry for your lost.My prayes are with you and your family.I'm thinking about you and god bless to you and your family.Dr. holliday 3rd did my surgery back in nov.28 2003.

Darryl Powers

January 23, 2007

You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Alice and Red Boyd

January 23, 2007

Dear Friends..Mary, Peter, Lucy, Lindsay, Mary, Cordelia, and families, Red and I and our family want to try to convey to you our deepest sympathy in the death of Pete, your precious loved one..Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle. What a devastating and heart-breaking experience for you all. Please know that you are continuously in our prayers and hearts. Pete was a wonderfully intelligent, warm, and gentle man...loved by so many. We pray that you in turn will feel God's love and presence along with His abiding peace and comfort. You have our love. Yours, in Him Who loved us first, Alice and Red

Jo Alice Welton

January 23, 2007

To the Holliday Family:

Please accept our sincere condolences in the sudden and unexpected loss of Dr. Pete. He was a wonderful man, dentist and overall friend. I know that my late Mom, Alice Pauline Justice Patterson, and my Dad, Judge Joe Patterson, Jr.,were friends of his for many, many years. Both of my parents just thought the world of him and his family.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family at this sad time. Please let us know if we can do anything for you.

With sincere condolences,
Joe Patterson, Jr. and daughter,
Jo Alice Patterson Welton

Kathy Nolan

January 23, 2007

Dr.Peter Holliday III and Family My heart goes out to you at this time of your loss.Please accept my deepest sympathy. Kathy Nolan patient of Dr.Holliday III

Elizabeth Gibson

January 23, 2007

My family and I were deeply saddened to hear of the loss of your father. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of grief.
Zelda D. Gibson, Patient of Dr. Peter Holliday, III, Nelda Dennard, Elizabeth Gibson and David Sinnott

Hal Coble

January 23, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Eileen and Charlie Bryan

January 23, 2007

To the Holliday family, Mary, Ben, Caroline and Benjamin, We are so sorry about the news of your father's death, our hearts and thoughts are with you as you travel to Macon to be with your family.
We love you, and all of you are close in our heart. Eileen, Charlie and Nicole ( Bryan Family)

Barbara Jackson

January 23, 2007

Dr. Peter Holliday III and family,
Our hearts go out to you at this time of your loss. Please accept our deepest sympathy.
Mary Humphreys, Patient of Dr. Peter Holliday, III and sister Barbara Jackson , Rochelle, GA

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center

January 23, 2007

We are very saddened to hear of your loss. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Margaret Wallace Snow

January 23, 2007

To the Holliday Family,
Your father was an amazing, wonderful man as is your entire family. I know that he is greatly loved by all & will be so greatly missed. My heart felt thoughts & prayers go out to you all. I am so sorry for this tragedy & for your loss. May the garden he built in life always be filled with sunshine & love. If ever there is ever anything that I can do to be of any help, please let me know. Much love, Margaret Wallace Snow, Macon Leaders & Associates

Darr McKeown, M.D.

January 23, 2007

Dr Peter Holliday, III and family,
I am saddened by your loss, more than just these words can convey. Please remember how blessed your entire family is to have shared so many years with such a wonderful man. A new angel now watches over you. My prayers and sympathy extend to all of you.

Dr. Kathy Powers Welch

January 23, 2007

I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of Dr. Pete and extend my heartfelt sympathy to his family. I was privileged to know and work with Dr. Holliday and know he will be missed by all whose lives he touched with his gentle, caring way.

Charles Andrew

January 23, 2007

So shocked and saddened by the loss a wonderful Southern Gentleman. He was an inspiration to all who met him.

We share in your loss.

John Charles Griffin

January 23, 2007

Condolences to The Holliday Family
from the Griffin Family both in Macon and Athens.

Tonya Crosby

January 23, 2007

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your father.

Tonya Crosby
Patient of Dr. Peter Holliday, III

Jim & Susanne Dorsey

January 22, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Susanne and Jim Dorsey
Dean Dorsey Hoskins
Nashville,Tn

Linda O'Neal

January 22, 2007

Sorry to hear about Dr. Pete. He has been a good friend to our family for many years. Our prayers and thoughts will be with your family during this sad time.
Buddy and Linda O'Neal

Jim and Dottie Henderson

January 22, 2007

We are so very sorry to hear of the loss of your Dad. He was the most gentle and kind man that we have seen. He was our dentist for many years.We are praying for your family. Love Jim and Dottie Henderson

Michael Deason

January 22, 2007

May you be comforted by God in your time of loss. Dr. Holliday actually made going to the dentist a pleasant experience. All you had the joy of knowing him will miss him.

Suzanne Smith

January 22, 2007

Dr. Peter Holliday III & family:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.
Willard & Helen O'Quinn
Mack & Suzanne Smith

Ka Deason Small

January 22, 2007

What a wonderful and gentle man he was. He made the experience of dentistry so much better when I was a child. Your family is in my prayers.

Sandra Solari

January 22, 2007

Dr. Holliday & Family,

I am so sorry to hear about your loss, you and you family are in my prayers.

Charles Krauss

January 22, 2007

I am sorry for your loss. You are in my prayers.

Pam Spivey

January 22, 2007

May God be with the whole family in this time of sorrow. My deepest sympathies are with you all.

Brannon Bonifay

January 22, 2007

My deepest condolences to the Holliday family my mom worked for Dr.Holliday for a long time and he was my dentist my heart goes out to all the family

Dianne Brannen

January 22, 2007

I was so shocked and saddened to learn of "Dr. Pete's" untimely death. He was my childhood dentist, and I thought he was the kindest gentleman. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,

Sara Williams

January 22, 2007

Pete was my good friend and my good dentist. I loved him and often told him that he was one of my favorite people. And indeed he was.

We will miss him.

My love to all of you in the family.

Sara Williams

Dicky Johnson

January 22, 2007

Mary,
You and your family are all in my thoughts at this sad time.
Pete and his family were my next-door neighbors when we moved back to Macon in 1925. He, Jack and I went to grammar school and high school together.Then you moved to Hines Terrace and became my next-door neighbor. All those times are cherished memories for me.
May God comfort and sustain all of you in your sorrow.
It has been my pleasure to know the Hollidays. I was proud to call Pete my friend.
Rest in peace; Peter Osborne Holliday Jr.

amy elliott

January 22, 2007

Lucy,
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Amy Elliott

Sheila Williams

January 22, 2007

With deepest sympathy in your time of sorrow. Know that God is with you and my family and church will keep you in our prayers.

Laverne May Johnson

January 22, 2007

I was so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow.

BRYANT LONG

January 22, 2007

Our deepest condolences go out to the entire Holliday family, may God be with you and comfort you during your time of need.

Eugene Jessup

January 22, 2007

My sisters and I send our heartfelt sympathy and love to you all. "Dr. Pete" was our good friend. He was a kind and cheerful gentleman, and I wanted to follow his example. His personal touch and interest in his patients is all too rare today. We share your grief, but we also know that he is reaping a great reward. We shall hold you all in our prayers.

Gail Parkerson Hadarits

January 22, 2007

Dr. Holliday & family, I am sorry to hear of your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Woody Wood

January 22, 2007

Peter, Lucy and Lindsey, I am saddened by the news of your Dad's passing. He was my dentist as a little boy, very professional, but more importantly, so very caring. I can still recall the last time I saw him and your Mom at a fund-raiser...he certainly had a good sense of humor. Each of you are in my prayers.

JUDY HENDERSON (xray at mns

January 22, 2007

DR.PETER HOLLIDAY III AND FAMILY
MAY GOD GIVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
THE STRENGHT YOU NEED AT THIS TIME IN YOUR LIFE.THINKING OF YOU AND YOURS.

Cameron Pridgen

January 22, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time.

Dr. B. Cameron Pridgen & Staff

Belinda Wright-Bell

January 22, 2007

May God's peace be with your family during your time of sorrow.
Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Dr. Miguel and Helen Faria

January 22, 2007

We have just heard the news at our home at Lake Sinclair. We are extremely saddened by this untimely news. Despite the distance and time, the Holliday family remains dearest in our hearts. At this time of grief, Helen and I extend to you our deepest condolences.

Dr. Carlos and Mercedes Giron

January 22, 2007

Our deepest condolences on your loss. Your family is in our prayers. May he rest in peace.

Christine Bundy RN

January 22, 2007

To all the Holliday family, I am so very sorry for your unfortuniate, and untimely loss. My heart goes out to you all. May God be with you and give you strength in your time of need.

Louise Gilmer

January 22, 2007

So sorry for your loss. May God Bless and Keep you in the palm of his hand.

Linda/Jheri Clodfelter/Womack

January 22, 2007

Our hearts go out to you at this time and in the days ahead.

richard wiggins

January 22, 2007

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Lilly Ambrose

January 22, 2007

Even a brief acquaintance with Dr. Holliday was enough to show you what a gentle and loving person he was. He undoubtedly spread goodness to all he met.

Hazel M. Giddens

January 22, 2007

Dr. Lindsay Holiday and family,
Just want you to know how sorry I am to hear this news. Take care, hope to see you soon.
Sincerely,
Hazel M. Giddens,RN

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