- Date Of Birth: May 15, 1933
- Date Of Death: June 14, 2014
- State: North Carolina
DURHAM-Mrs. Ava Lorraine Maness Holder, 81, of Durham passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Jesse I. Maness and Ethel Frances Moore Maness. Mrs. Holder was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church and also taught Sunday School Class. She was a graduate of Oak Grove High School. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Holder loved her Lord Jesus Christ and her church family. She was an avid gardener and excellent cook. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George William Pendergrast, James Edgar Holder, one daughter, Debra Lorraine Sellars, three sisters and eight brothers.
She is survived by three sons, Terry Pendergrast wife Libby from Hillsborough; David Joseph Pendergrast wife Jane from Chapel Hill; Doug Holder wife Norma from Durham; three daughters, Joyce Thomas husband James from Marshville; Betty Hicks husband Raymond from Oxford; Vicky Lee husband Tony, Sr. from Raleigh; one sister, Patricia Sue Osborne from Fayetteville; 17 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
