Bryan Co., OK; Obituary: Holcomb, Willie "Bill" - h425

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Durant Daily Democrat
Trudy Marlow
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Source:  October 17, 1999 - Durant Daily Democrat 
Survivors names omitted.
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    Holcomb, Willie "Bill" - 96

    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fairview Baptist Church, 
    Durant, for Willie "Bill" Holcomb, 96, who died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, in 
    Durant. Rev. Terrell Suggs will officiate.

    Holcomb was born Oct. 15, 1903, in Hood County, Texas. She married Lorenzo 
    Dow Holcomb on December 10, 1924 in Durant. 

    Holcomb was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Bryan County who loved to 
    sew, cook and sing. She enjoyed taking care of her precious children and 
    attending church was her favorite pastime. She was a member of the Fairview 
    Baptist Church. 

    Holcomb was preceded in death by her parents, husband, eight brothers and a 
    sister. 

    Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Durant. Pallbearers are Iyla Cross, J. 
    W. Hicks, Bud Herron, Thurman Hooper, Johnnie Corbin, Chuck Osuna, Dennis 
    Bragg. Honorary pallbearers are grandsons Tom and Tim Slavin, David and 
    Anthony Pyrum and granddaughters' husbands - John Gaylord, Paul Maenza, Carl 
    Birmingham, Mark Wallis and Todd Spradling. 

    In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Fairview Baptist 
    Church Building Fund. 

    Murray Funeral Home is handling arrangements.