(Slaton) Donnie Gaylene Holley, 73, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 24, 2016. Chapel Services will be Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 2 PM in Englunds Chapel with Micah Hoke officiating. Services are under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.
Donnie was born September 3, 1942 in Lubbock Texas to Leonard and Vera Elsie (Upchurch) Haley.
Donnie grew up and graduated High School in Portales, NM. She met Bobby Holley and later married on April 17, 1959. After Bobby’s discharge form the Air Force in 1960; he and Donnie traveled back and forth to Virginia, finally settling in the Lubbock area. Donnie worked in the Accounting Industry as an Administrative Assistant She retired from Mason Warner & Company in 2007. Donnie was a Baptist.
Donnie was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years; Bobby Holley, February 1, 2016, and also by her brother Bob Haley of Lubbock. Those who will cherish her memory include her son Michael and wife Kelly of Ransom Canyon, daughter Patricia Holley McGovern and husband James of Galveston, two granddaughters, Cynthia (Micah) Hoke of Murfreesboro, TN and Candice (Herschel) Martin of Lubbock, along with two great granddaughters, Charis Hoke and Holley Martin. She is also survived by a brother Harold Haley and a sister Linda Walker both of Lubbock.
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