James "Paul" Hollifield February 28, 2010

James “Paul” Hollifield, age 84, of Lower Georges Fork, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Barnardsville, he was a son of the late Frank and Martha Jane Dodd Hollifield and the husband of Betty Ruth Suttles Hollifield. He was also preceded in death by two grandsons: Cody and Nathaniel and a granddaughter, Shanna. He was a retired dairy farmer and a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church who loved the Lord and enjoyed gardening, yard work, and his family.
Surviving is his wife, Betty Ruth Suttles Hollifield; four daughters: Juanita Waldrop and husband, Kenneth, Lois Shipley and husband, David, Pam Duckett and husband, Curtis, and Penny Howell and husband, Daniel, all of Burnsville; four sons: Terry Hollifield of Burnsville, Jerry Hollifield and wife, Pat, of Bakersville, Kenneth Hollifield of Shelby and Danny Hollifield and wife, Michelle, of Burnsville; grandchildren: Melissa, Kenny, Matthew, Josh, Brittany, Ashley, Jacob, Bobby, Nichole, Stephanie, Jeremy, Keisha, Felicia and Cody; eleven great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p. m. on Thursday, March 4th, in the chapel of Yancey Funeral Services. Rev. Eddie Ledford and Rev. Eddie Ledford, III will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kona Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until 1 p. m. on Thursday prior to the services at the funeral home and at other times will be at the home. Yancey Funeral Services is serving the Hollifield family.