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Jimmy Joe Holley, age 70, of Rye passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. He was born November 20, 1942 to late James Hilliard and Minnie Mae Newman Holley.
He was a retired truck driver for over fifty years that had logged more than a million miles. He took a tremendous amount of pride in his work. He was a member of Enon Missionary Baptist Church and was also preceded in death by a brother, Delbert Holley, and two sisters, Wilma Rippy and Lois Calvert.
Survivors include his wife, Pat Henderson Holley of Rye; one son, Joey Wayne Holley and wife, Robin of Woodlawn; one daughter, Dewana Runion of Rye; two brothers, Sam Holley of Rye and Bill Holley of OK; one sister, Mary Jane Ashcraft of Rye; five grandchildren, Justin, Benjiman and Gabrielle Wright and Dusty and Jodi Holley; and five great-grandchildren, Michael, Jailyn and Allden Wright, and Ethan and Addison Oliver.
He was a retired truck driver for over fifty years that had logged more than a million miles. He took a tremendous amount of pride in his work. He was a member of Enon Missionary Baptist Church and was also preceded in death by a brother, Delbert Holley, and two sisters, Wilma Rippy and Lois Calvert.
Survivors include his wife, Pat Henderson Holley of Rye; one son, Joey Wayne Holley and wife, Robin of Woodlawn; one daughter, Dewana Runion of Rye; two brothers, Sam Holley of Rye and Bill Holley of OK; one sister, Mary Jane Ashcraft of Rye; five grandchildren, Justin, Benjiman and Gabrielle Wright and Dusty and Jodi Holley; and five great-grandchildren, Michael, Jailyn and Allden Wright, and Ethan and Addison Oliver.