Mary “Esther” Holloway Witt, age 87, of Waterloo, AL, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2023, at Mitchell-Hollingsworth.  The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home on Friday,  February 17, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.  The funeral will follow in the funeral home chapel at 2:00 p.m. with Lynn Holloway and Wayne Wood officiating.  She will be laid to rest next to her husband at Murphy’s Chapel Cemetery following the funeral.

Esther was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Ray Witt; sons,  Ricky Dale Witt (infant) and Danny Ray Witt;  daughter, Kathy Ann Witt Woods; parents, William Anderson and Gertie Odell Holloway; brothers, James Holloway, Paul Holloway, Sr., Noah “Blondie” Holloway, David Lee Holloway, Dan Holloway,  and Phillip Holloway, Sr., and sisters, Ruth Balentine, Faye Woods, Jean Adams, Lois Smith and Rebecca Holloway.

She is survived by her son, Randy Lee Witt (April), son-in-law, Ricky Woods; sister, Ann Balentine (Nolan); grandchildren, Kimberly Witt Taylor, Jennifer Witt Heath (Bryan), Joshua Witt (Melissa), Lee Witt (Nia), Brandon Woods (Shelia), Kara Witt Huckaba (Justin), Megan Witt Balentine (Michael), Hannah Witt Staggs (Chris), Trevor Holloway and Heather Martin (Matthew);  great-grandchildren, Alexis Taylor, Kimberly West, Victoria Witt, Carson Erwin, Jackson Woods, Kylie Saccoccio, Memphis Woods, Kaden Huckaba, Sladen Jones, Haven Heath, Kailey Huckaba, and Olivia and Hadley Staggs; great-great granddaughter, Karsyn West; and soon to be great-great-grandson Ryland Gage Martin.

Serving as pallbearers will be Joshua Witt, Lee Witt, Brandon Woods, Carson Erwin, Jackson Woods and Chris Holloway.