Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Holley Poarch, age 95, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Poarch passed away Sunday Morning at Lincoln Skill Care.
A daughter of the late Rufus Washington and Clema Harwell Holley, she was a native of Giles County, formerly employed with Serbin, was a housekeeper and a homemaker, and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include 2 sons Bill and Charles Poarch of Fayetteville, 3 daughters Cleta Sheehan of Hendersonville, Janice Gentry of Fayetteville, and Linda Wilcox of Madison, AL, special son-in-law Junior Hobbs, 19 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and 18 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Garland Poarch who passed away in 1980, son James Poarch, daughters Joan Leatherwood, Mary Frame, and Sue Hobbs, 2 grandsons Aaron Hobbs and Jeff Leatherwood, sister Ola Payne, and brother R.B. Holley.
Visitation with the family will be from 9-11 AM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home.