Obituary: Norleen Elrod Holland
Norleen Elrod Holland ~ October 13, 1947 – September 30, 2023 (age 75)
Norleen Elrod Holland, age 75, resident of Whiteville, Tennessee, departed this life Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Norleen was born on October 13, 1947, in Haywood County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Johnny E. Elrod and Dora Chandler Elrod. She received her education in the Haywood County School System and was of the Pentecostal faith. Norleen was employed as a housekeeping supervisor in the Mid-South areas including Nutbush, Whiteville, and Brownsville before her retirement in 2010.
Mrs. Holland is survived by her daughter, Mary Craig of Atoka, Tennessee; three sons, Enzo Rhea Joyner of Middleton, Tennessee, Joseph Ray Joyner of Ohio, and John Rodney Dewayne Joyner of Whiteville, Tennessee; her sister, Evelyn Simpson; five grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Lena Joyner; thirteen brothers and sisters, Thomas Elrod, Ed Elrod, O’Neal Elrod, Charlie O’Neal Elrod, Albert Elrod, Jessie Elrod Martin, Gladys Fisher Elrod, Albert Lee Fisher, Audrey Faye Fisher Lovelace, Mary Dale Fisher Simpson, Richard James Fisher, Vynette Fisher Fincher, and Marnell Elrod Jones; and her granddaughter, Dawn Joyner.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Holland will be held at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 2 p.m. with Brother John Thomas Elrod officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Cemetery at Laconia.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers are Walter Stine, Nathan Stine, Matthew Craig, Enzo Joyner II, Enzo Joyner III, and Gary Craig.
Condolences may be left on the Peebles Funeral Home online guestbook.
Arrangements are provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center.
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