Mary Kathleen Holman

Mary Kathleen Holman of Springfield passed away Friday, September 4, 2015 at Morningside Assisted Living surrounded by loving family and caregivers just 6 days short of her 100th birthday. Funeral services will be held at 11am Monday, September 7, 2015 at The Barren Plains Baptist Church with Reverend Andy King officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 3pm-7pm at the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield and again on Monday from 10am-11am at the Church. Burial will be on Tuesday at 11am in the Springfield Memorial Gardens with Corey Blick, Jeff Doss, Allan Ellis, Gavin Henry, William Henry, David Harden, Russell Holman, Brandon Jones and Corey Jones serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are the Deacons of Barren Plains Baptist Church, Sunday School Class Members, Retired Teachers of Robertson County, NorthCrest Medical Center Auxillary, the Robertson County Museum Staff and the Morningside Assisted Living Staff. Born in Barren Plains, TN she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Highsmith Holman. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her only brother, Eugene Holman (Catherine). “Miss Mary K.” as she was lovingly called, was a faithful member of Barren Plains Baptist Church for most of her years and began teaching Sunday School when she was only 14 years old. After graduation from Barren Plains High School she attended Martin College and Austin Peay College during the summer to receive her professional teaching certificate while teaching in Robertson County during the school year. Miss Mary K. graduated from Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY in 1943. She started the first Vacation Bible School in Robertson County and became involved in TN State Mission work before accepting an educational mission position in Norfolk, VA. After ten years in VA she returned to Barren Plains to assist with the needs of her aging parents. She continued her work with TN Missions and taught in the Robertson County School System until her retirement in 1979. Upon her retirement she contributed many volunteer hours to numerous non-profit organizations. Miss Marys testimony was to live every day of her life for the Lord. She fully succeeded in doing that because she has best been described as a “blessing to everyone she came in contact with”. Miss Mary K. is survived by her two nieces, Donna (Phil) Henry of Cross Plains and Kathy Jones (Chris Morris) of Callawassie Island, SC; great-nieces and nephews, Leigh Anne (Corey) Blick and William (Nancy) Henry, both of Cross Plains, Corey (Emily) Jones and Brandon Jones (Amy Thompson), both of Savannah, GA; great-great-nieces and nephews, Hanna Wright, Ashlyn Wright, Jaylan Blick and Gavin Henry, all of Cross Plains, and Julianna Jones, Tyler Jones and James Louis Felix Jones, all of Savannah, GA; and sister-in-law, Marie Holman of Franklin, TN. The family requests memorial contributions be made to Barren Plains Baptist Church Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000 Cemetery Springfield Memorial Gardens Springfield TN 37172 US Visitation Sunday, September 6, 2015 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Austin & Bell Funeral Home Springfield 509 Walnut St. Springfield TN 37172 US 615-384-1000 615-382-7449 Visitation Monday, September 7, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Barren Plains Baptist Church Springfield TN US Funeral Service Monday, September 7, 2015 11:00 AM - Barren Plains Baptist Church Springfield TN US Funeral HomeAustin & Bell Funeral Home Springfield 509 Walnut St. Springfield TN - 37172 US 615-384-1000 615-382-7449

Mary Kathleen Holman

September 10, 1915 - September 4, 2015