Mrs. Annie James Holliday

February 8, 1932 - November 26, 2015

Mrs. Annie James Holliday 83, entered into rest on November 26, 2015. Funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church, 1237 House Street, Columbia, SC 29204. Interment to follow at The Promised Land Cemetery, 1740 Cushman Drive, Columbia, SC 29204. Public viewing will be Wednesday at 2-7 pm at the funeral home. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia is in charge of these arrangements. Mrs. Holliday was born February 8, 1932 to the late Jimmie and Kansas Bruno James. She was a native of Aiken, SC and at an early age, she relocated to Columbia, SC. She worked as a housekeeper and caregiver and became a faithful member of Friendship Baptist Church House Street until her health declined. Mrs. Holiday was preceded in death by her husband, John Mack Holliday; parents, Jimmy and Kansas James; a sister, Bessie Mae James Lowman; two daughters, Deloris and Izola Dobbs; three sons, Jimmy James, John and Watson Dobbs and a great grandson, Michael J. James. She leaves to cherish precious memories; four daughters, Bessie Mae Braxton of North Augusta, SC, Vivian Goodwin of Jackson, SC, Mamie Lou Dobbs of Edgefield, SC and Johnnie Mae (Rayford) Dobbs of Trenton, SC; thirty grandchildren, fifty-seven great grandchildren; fifteen great great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving relatives and friends; especially her life-long friend and employer, Jane Salley and family neighbors, Annie Bell Johnson, Rosezelle Lloyd, Mattie Gatson, Jimmy Hayes and her pet dog "Sheba" whom she adored.