Joyce Holloway

Joyce Marie Holloway, 89 of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 4, 2022, at her son's home in Jackson.

She was born Aug. 17, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Reginald and Ersie Nichols. She and Eugene Holloway were married Feb. 24, 1951, in Cape Girardeau.

She was a 1950 graduate of Central High School.

She was deeply loved by her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was a devoted and loving stay-at-home mom, raising five children, until she and Eugene opened Eugene Holloway Floor Covering in 1976. She worked at Holloway Floor Covering (now Carpet One) until her retirement.

She was a faithful follower of Christ from a young age. She was a founding and longtime member of Lynwood Baptist Church. Over the many years, she was active with vacation Bible school, youth, senior adults and teaching her Life Group Class.

She helped us all create lots of memories over the years and she reminded us all the time that no matter how good or bad it was, we were building memories. She will always be remembered for summer camps with grandkids, apple pies, Swedish tea ring, awesome family dinners, always singing a gospel song around the house, playing the piano, her deep devotion to her husband and family and, above all, her love of her Savior, Jesus Christ.

She also loved to quilt and poured a lot of love into making quilts for her children and grandkids. She was a member of River Heritage Quilt Guild and Bootheel Quilters Guild.

Survivors include her three sons, David (Candy) Holloway of Flagstaff Arizona, Kerry (Kelly) Holloway of Cape Girardeau, Lance (Lynne) Holloway of Jackson; one daughter, Valarie (Ted) Matthews of Spring Hill, Tennessee; daughter-in-law, Marsha (Eugene Jr., deceased) Holloway; and one sister, Melba Masterson of Tennessee.

Also, 13 grandchildren, Jared (Christy) Holloway of Cape Girardeau, Megan (Josh) Andrews of Cape Girardeau, Dawn Holloway of Illinois, Dana Holloway of Texas, Eric (Jennifer) Holloway of Arizona, Steven (Sara) Holloway of Arizona, Christina (Blake) Essner of Cape Girardeau, Amanda (Kyle) Schneider of Cape Girardeau, Ryun (Kate) Holloway of Cape Girardeau, Kelsey (Andrew) Krahl of Cape Girardeau, Casey Holloway of Cape Girardeau, Emily (Brandon) Colbert of Cape Girardeau and Makenna Holloway of Cape Girardeau; and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Eugene Holloway; son, Eugene Holloway Jr.; and sister, Willa Lee "Tootsie" Haman.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Danny Clubb and the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum following the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Lynwood Baptist Church, noting in memo, "Youth Scholarship camps/mission."

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.