Mrs. Lela Marie Holland

LELA HOLLAND

CHATTANOOGA, TN: Lela Marie Holland, born July 2, 1931, age 89, passed away January 22, 2021. Lela loved her family and church family. She was a life long member of the Church of God and served as a Sunday school teacher for many years. Her favorite ministry was cooking for church functions and her family. She loved watching and listening to gospel preaching and music. She took pride in her appearance and everything she did, she did it as unto the Lord and she loved to laugh.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband William Laverne “Pedab” Holland; parents Hiram B. and Lena Grayson Ridge; son William Donald and daughter-in-law Jan Palmer Ellison; brothers Paul Ridge, Claude Ridge, and Rev. Harold Ridge and wife Dorothy Ridge; sister Lucille Ridge Ellison and brother-in-law Sonny Ellison; baby sister Juanita Ridge; brother-in-law Charles Cameron.

Those left to cherish her memories are her children Lonnie (Freda) Ellison, Jeannie (Billy) Lippard and like her own son Larry Weathers; grandchildren Holly (Shawn) Moore, Clinton (Amber) Ellison, Julie (Frank) Schwabe, Kara (Daniel) Silvers, Ginger (Jimmy) Mullins; great-grandchildren Zoie and Grant Moore, John, Garrett, Emma, Carson, and Sarah Mae Ellison, Leah Schwabe, Nolan Silvers, Isabel Mullins; sister Leota and Charles Dunlap, sisters-in-law Jean Ridge and Betty Ridge;

Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM EST in the Trenton Chapel with Brother Nick Forshee and Brother Max Kesler officiating. She will be laid to rest at Lakewood Memorial Gardens West with graveside service at 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 12:00 ~ 4:00 PM.

The family would like to thank her caretakers Jillian, Kelly, Lynn, and Gabby for their loving care.

Please visit www.MooreFHS.com to share condolences.

Arrangements made by Moore Funeral Home, Trenton, GA