HOLTZCLAW
HOLTZCLAW, Bobby Jean Fitzpatrick December 23, 1926 – July 04, 2008 Bobby Jean Fitzpatrick Holtzclaw, 81, of Danville died Friday, July 4, 2008, at Charleston Health Care Center. Born Thursday, Dec. 23, 1926, in Stanford, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Matilda Bell Fitzpatrick. She was the widow of Robert W. Holtzclaw. She was a devoted member of McKendree United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school and organized a Bible school program every summer. She and her husband provided a Christmas program for the church along with Santa and treats for the children. She taught a morals and ethics program in Danville schools, which was in part sponsored by the Danville Ministerial Association. She later taught math at Danville High School for many years. After retiring from teaching, she was a faithful volunteer for Hospice.
Survivors include her sons, Dr. Donald Lee (Betty) Holtzclaw of Danville and Robert Wesley (Nancy) Holtzclaw Jr. of Atlanta; two sisters, June Hearin of Birmingham, Ala., and Marilyn (Bill) Acosta of Richmond, Va.; five grandchildren, Elinor Holtzclaw Adams, Elizabeth Holtzclaw Joiner, Sherri Lynn McCurdy, Teri Kai Holtzclaw and Geoffrey Gene Holtzclaw; 10 great-grandchildren; three nieces, Elizabeth Acosta-Lewis, Nancy Acosta Love and Lisa Hearin Alexander; and a nephew, Robert Acosta. She was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Gerry Hearin; a grandson, Robert William Holtzclaw; and a nephew, Robert Milton Hearin. Services will be noon Monday, July 7, 2008, at Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Quentin Scholtz and Chaplain Gary Story.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:30 a.m. until time of service on Monday.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Rick Fields, Jerry Germann, Tommy Davis, Gary Coyle, Jerry Hester, Rob Lewis, Peter Adams and Jeff Joiner. Honorary pallbearers are Paul Rankin, Bruce Morris, Joan Embry, Nancy Gower, Geraldine Spoonamore Dietrich, Logan Fox Spoonamore, John David Spoonamore and Bill Holtzclaw. Sunday, July 06, 2008 – Advocate-Messenger