David Lee Holly, Sr.'s Obituary
David Lee Holly, Sr. was born in Arkansas, on April 10, 1932 to the Union of Mittie and Pink Holly. At the age of 16 he joined the Navy to see the world. After serving many years in the Navy he ranked to retire as a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy.As a young man, David met and married Vivian Lucretia Williams of El Dorado, Arkansas. They have 4 children, Felecia Ann Holly, Dave Lee Holly II and Twin girls, Dawn Lynette Holly Lee and Robyn Jeanette Holly.David loved God, his family and his many grandchildren and great grandchildren.David was a man of great spiritual belief. He lived a full life and loved helping young veterans. He will forever be missed. Greetings At My FuneralGreetings and appreciation to all of you who have come, I trust, to give your most humble respect to my good memory and comfort to my family and loved ones who there remain,I regret dearly that I cannot welcome each and every one of you in the flesh, but as apparent to you, my body lies in permanent repose, void of spirit now removed, and, yet, I trust that I will live on in the hearts and minds of those who will remember my earthly presence and my most altruistic efforts in the living flesh.Also, I offer my sincere apology for not being able to gather with you at the repast, but do enjoy yourselves and eat well in my physical absence, while remembering that my spirit and good energy will remain with you.Also, remember that I live on in the biological lives of my children, in the heart of my dear wife, and in the spirit of good works and services that I have left behind with the help of Divine and ancestral guidance as my light and source of my gifts.Please do not grieve, but know that I am at peace in the spirit world with God and good spirits that I have known from lives of their earthly past. Although I remain aware of you and all earthly ways, you, of course, cannot know me again until we meet–hopefully, in this celestial world.So, farewell or goodbye until I see you again in another world. I bid you a good earthly journey in preparation for this journey, that is, if you are so blessed to rise in spirit to the abode of heavenly peace and bliss.~~~ Adapted as revised from a poem by the same title as printed in Frederick Douglas Harper’s Transition in Life and to Death (2007).
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