Jan. 5, 1927 – April 19, 2017

NATCHEZ — Services for Stella L. Holloway, 90, a loving and devoted mother, who died Wednesday, April 19, 2017, will be 10 a.m. today at St. Mary Basilica with the Rev. David O’Connor officiating.
Burial will follow at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at the church.
Mrs. Holloway was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Mission, Texas, the daughter of Victor Villareal and Juana Vasquez Baltazar.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert “Gene” Holloway; one son, Gerry; one half-sister; one brother; and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors include four children, Willie and wife, Cyndi, and Ottie and fiancée, Tammy, all of Kentucky, Tootsie and husband, Pat, of Georgia, and Larry and wife, Debbie, of Louisiana; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one half-sister; and three half-brothers.
Pallbearers will be family.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to Life Path Hospice in Shreveport, La., or St. Jude Children’s Hospital in memory of Stella Holloway.
Online condolences may be sent to lairdfh.com.