Pauline Nowlin Holden

Pauline Nowlin Holden obituary

Pauline Nowlin Holden

Pauline Holden Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home on Sep. 25, 2025.

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Pauline Nowlin Holden of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed from this life on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at Life Care Center of Tullahoma at the age of 91 years. A native of Manchester, Tennessee, she is the daughter of the late John Lanier Sr. and Golda Pearl Martin Nowlin. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Ned Sheffield Holden Jr., brothers, Kenneth "Buster", Sam, Ed, David, Frankie and June Bug Nowlin, and one sister, Mamie Ann Crossland. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 26, 2025, at 12:00 PM from the Chapel of Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home in Tullahoma, Tennessee Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 11:00 AM until the time of service. Pauline's survivors include three sons, David (Angela) Holden of Lynchburg, Tennessee, John (Linda Beaty) Holden of Tullahoma, Tennessee, Brad Holden of Winchester, Tennessee, daughters, Marie (Steven) Wyatt of Tullahoma, Tennessee, Lea Anna (Wes) Rittenhouse of Tullahoma, Tennessee, sisters, Elizabeth Shelton of Manchester, Tennessee, Judy (Lynn) Carter of Manchester, Tennessee, eleven grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren. Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the family of Pauline Holden.

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