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Margaret Marie (Colemire) Jolly

September 24, 1925 ~ March 3, 2016 (age 90) 90 Years Old

Margaret Jolly Obituary

Margaret Marie Jolly, 90, wife of the late Ed Jolly, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.

A native of Nicholas County born September 24, 1925 to the late Willie & Nettie Smith Colemire, Margaret was a former employee of Bluegrass Industries, a loving wife, mother & grandmother and member of the Hilltop Wesleyan Church.

Left to cherish her memory are 6 daughters: Sylvia (Jay) Mitchell & Wanda Thornsburg, of Moorefield, Imogene Baber, Irene (John) Mitchell & Beverly (Rod) Montgomery, of Paris, and Pamela (Joe) Shepherd, of Lexington; a sister, Stella Moran, of Sardis; a special "daughter" Frances Cooley Browning; 29 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by 2 sons: Thomas Lee & Larry Jolly; 2 daughters, Mildred Jolly & Linda Walters; 3 son-in-laws, Avery Thornsburg, Virgil Walters & Billy Baber; a grandson, Darrin Baber; 2 granddaughters, Kavanna Mitchell & Hope Jolly; a great-grandson, Joshua Mitchell; 2 sisters: Alice Cooley & Pauline Hughes; and 5 brothers: Bruce, Raymond, Kenneth, Lovell and Oscar Colemire.

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home by Bro. Johnny Adamson. Burial will follow in the Carlisle Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 5:00 P.M. Monday.

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Services

Visitation
Monday
March 7, 2016

5:00 PM
Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home
105 S. Locust Street
Carlisle, Kentucky 40311


Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home
105 S. Locust Street
Carlisle, Kentucky 40311

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