Edward Holiday. Jr.

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Edward Holiday, Jr. was born on December 2, 1940, in Rembert, South Carolina to the late Edward Holiday and Hattie D. Holiday. 

A time to live and embrace…

Edward was raised in a Christian home in Lee County, South Carolina, with his parents and eight siblings. As the oldest son, he was only able to obtain a primary education because he started working at a young age, picking cotton to help take care of his family. Around 16 years old, he moved to Florida to improve his way of life.  He eventually started  his  own  construction  company,  M&D  Construction.    He  worked  as  a concrete finisher for  almost 50 years  and laid the  foundations of thousands  of homes across  Central Florida, while teaching  many family  members the  art  of construction.  When Edward retired in 2017, he was the head of maintenance at The Family Shelter in Columbia, South Carolina. 

A time to love and enjoy life…

In Florida, he met Martha Ann Graham, and together they had one son, Robert.  In 1964,  Edward  married  Patricia  Redding,  producing  one  son,  Kevin.  In  1976, he met Debra SeCheverell who had one daughter, Janine Gonzalez.  Together, they had Jennifer Holiday, blending a family of two sons and two daughters. Edward was an avid lover of NASCAR, western films, horse racing, fishing, and all sports.   He  also  reveled in  the  simple  joys  of  life, whether it was scratching  off lottery tickets, solving word searches, or embracing his inner child with drones and  remote-control  cars.  His  youthful  exuberance  and  zest  for  life  were  truly contagious.   In the  last  six  years  of  his  life,  his  world  was  centered  around  his three  granddaughters.   He taught  them  how  to  fish  and  ride  bikes  and  shared with them his love for building and fixing things.  

A time to depart…

Sadly, Edward fought a courageous battle with multiple myeloma (bone marrow cancer) after recently  being diagnosed on  February 26,  2024.  He was  given his angel wings on April 23, 2024, at the Jewish Home Family in Rockleigh, New Jersey.  He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  better  half  of  39  years,  Debra  SeCheverell Holiday; his  brother, Tommie Lee Holiday, and  sisters, Christine  Holiday (born deceased), Louise English, Dorothy Cunningham, and Lessie Byrd. 

A  host  of  loved  ones  will  forever  cherish Edward’s  memory:  daughter, Jennifer Holiday Hudson; son-in-love, Vince Hudson; granddaughters, Olivia, Ava, and Vanna (New Jersey); sons, Robert Graham (Florida) and grandchildren, Stephen, Evan, and Jessica and Donald Kevin Holiday (Tennessee) and grandsons, Donald, Jr. and Donovan; bonus daughter, Janine Gonzalez (Jimmy) and grandson Justin(Pennsylvania);  sisters,  Earnestine  (Kim)  Thomas  (New  York)  and  Gladys  Allen(South Carolina); brothers, Robert Holiday and Hanzel Holiday (South Carolina); nine  great  grandchildren,  a  very  special  niece  and  nephew,  Lynn  Thomas  and Brian  Allen,  and  many  loving  nieces,  nephews,  extended  family,  in-laws, neighbors, and friends.

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