Edna Pearl Jollay's Obituary
EDNA P. JOLLAY (100) PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 15, 2013 AT HER HOME IN ARLINGTON, VA. SHE WAS BORN IN BARLOW, KY TO WALTER AND LUCY BIGGS AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE McARTHUR JOLLAY. TOGETHER THE JOLLAYS PASTORED CHURCHES IN CINNCINATI, OH, LONDON, KY, AND FLINT, MI. THEIR LAST PASTORATE WAS FROM 1957 – 1979 AT CHRIST CHURCH OF WASHINGTON DC IN A CHURCH BUILDING DESIGNED BY PASTOR JOLLAY.
IN RECENT YEARS, MRS. JOLLAY CONDUCTED LONG RUNNING BIBLE STUDIES IN SEVERAL AREA PRIVATE HOMES AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF. SHE ALSO HOSTED THE “THINGS EXCELLENT” BIBLE STUDY ON LOCAL RADIO STATION WCTN.
MRS. JOLLAY IS SURVIVED BY A SON, KEITH AND HIS WIFE MARTY, TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, HEATHER JOLLAY AND HER HUSBAND MARTIN SENICKI , LISA TYGIELSKI AND HER HUSBAND MATT, AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, PHOEBE JOLLAY-CASTELBLANCO, AND NOAH AND MICHAEL TYGIELSKI, ALL OF ASHEVILLE, NC.
A VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT CAPITAL CHURCH, 10233 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA. ON DECEMBER 19 FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL THE TIME OF FUNERAL SERVICES AT 12 NOON. BURIAL WILL BE IN FRANKLIN, NC ALONGSIDE PASTOR JOLLAY.
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