Miriam Rudd Holley

MIRIAM RUDD HOLLEY
1925 - 2010

Miriam Rudd Holley, 85, a resident of Creekside Senior Village, passed away on June 1, 2010, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was born March 21, 1925 in Covington County, Alabama and grew up near Florala in the Damascus Community. She graduated from Covington County High School in 1943. During WWII she lived in Atlanta where she worked for a publishing company. From then until 1973 she was a devoted minister's wife and stay-at-home mother. She began work in 1973 in the Civil Division of the Escambia County County Sheriff's Office, retiring as Principal Clerk in 1975. She was a long-time, devoted member of Olive Baptist Church.
She is predeceased by her parents, Burrell Wilson Rudd and Lena Graham Justice Rudd.
She is survived by her daughter, Joyce (George) White of Pensacola; her son, Kenneth (Vivian) Holley of Birmingham, AL; brothers, Ronald (Ichiko) Rudd of Henderson, Nevada, Rodney (Jimmie Nell) Rudd of Valrico, FL, Wayne (Norma) Rudd of Apex, NC; sister-in-law, Ruth (Harold) Wise of Kinston, AL; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Friday night, June 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Trahan Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 5 at 10am also at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eugene Steele officiating. Graveside services and burial will follow at Andalusia Memorial Cemetery, Andalusia, AL at 3 pm, with the Rev. Larry Wise officiating.
Trahan Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The family is deeply grateful for the kindness and skill of her caretakers at Creekside Senior Village and Julie Brigham of Emerald Coast Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Emerald Coast Hospice, 5401 Corporate Woods Drive, Ste. 800, Pensacola, FL 32504 or to Olive Baptist Church Library, 1836 Olive Road, Pensacola, FL 32514.