Remembering Linda Hollies
We were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Rev. Linda Hollies, a minister and author who participated in Symposium workshops with Jimmie Abbington on African American worship music. Rev. Hollies was the co-editor with Abbington of Waiting to Go: Advent through Pentecost and Going to Wait: Between Pentecost and Advent, and editor of Trumpet in Zion: BlackChurch Worship Resources.
From the Grand Rapids Press:
The Rev. Linda Hollies comforted women who were weary, inspired them in ministry and encouraged them to be “bodacious” in life.
She also wrote prolifically and spoke boldly when she perceived injustice.
The Rev. Hollies, 64, died suddenly Saturday night while attending a women’s conference in Phoenix, where she was to preach Sunday. Her family is waiting to hear from medical authorities there regarding her cause of death, said her daughter, the Rev. Grian Eunyke Hollies-Anthony of Grand Rapids.
“The most important thing to my mom was to be true to her calling as a woman of God in all aspects of her life,” Hollies-Anthony said. She vowed to carry on her mother’s ministry, Woman to Woman Ministries Inc., an educational resource for women of color.
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