Mrs. Celestine Diane Holland Holiday went home to be with the Lord on February 1, 2022. She was born on August 17, 1949 to Moses Holland and Pauline Bradley Holland. She grew up with her mother and stepfather, James Smith in Winston-Salem, NC and attended Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. She was employed at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and later began working for Drs. Pat and Sunee Reynolds, caring for their son Ryan Reynolds, who became like family to her.

Celestine married Horace Holiday. Even though the two never had children, Celestine was like a mother to many children whom she cared for like her own. She enjoyed shopping, fashion, music and going to a good antique sale.

She is preceded in death by her, husband Horace Holiday; her parents, Moses Holland, Pauline Bradley Holland, and James Smith; her siblings, Dorothy Holland Clark, George Holland and James Smith, Jr.

She leaves to cherish memory, a brother, David Holland; a loving cousin, Gertrude Siler; her niece, Jacqueline House; nephews, Charles Smith and James Smith; great nieces, Shi'Tosha House Daily and Saba Obika; a loving goddaughter, Jamila Handy; she also leaves an extended family, Drs. Pat and Sunee Reynolds and their son, Ryan Reynolds; devoted friends, Helen Faye Handy, Patricia Rhodes, Rachel Kennedy Brown Rochester; and a host of other cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Public viewing for Mrs. Holiday will be Thursday, February 10, 2022 from 12:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. at Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 12:00 P.M. at Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Interment Parklawn Memorial Gardens.

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