Teresa "Terri" Holdway
January 12, 1951 ~ August 25, 2020
Terri (Follin) Holdway of Memphis, TN passed away August 25th at the Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, TN. She was 69.
Ms. Holdway fulfilled a lifelong career as a Registered Nurse, caring deeply for those she cared for and specifically working in pediatrics, geriatrics, and child and adult psychiatrics. An animal lover, she raised four dogs that predeceased her – Taffy, Angel, Buddy, and Honey. Ms. Holdway had such a big heart that she adopted Buddy as a homeless stray right off of a Memphis street and Buddy went on to live a long, full life due to her actions. She volunteered with local animal rescue groups giving freely of her time to the care of these dogs. Ms. Holdway also loved going to the dog park with her dogs and meeting up with other dog owners on a regular basis. Ms. Holdway was an avid church goer and she taught Sunday school for some time at the Central Baptist Church in Tennessee. Like her mother, she loved to Jazzercise and go to dances.
Ms. Holdway graduated from George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Virginia in 1969. She attended Mary Washington College and the University of Virginia where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1973.
Ms. Holdway was born Teresa Dibrell Follin on January 12, 1951 in Arlington, VA to John (Jack) Walker Follin and Dibrell Fulcher Follin of Falls Church. She is survived by brothers Rodney Follin (Peggy Tucker) of Fairfax Station, VA and Gary Follin (Kim) of Falls Church and many aunts, uncles and cousins and other loving family members, and many dear friends she’s had for years including her best friend Carolyn Juergens of Yorktown, VA.
There will be a graveside service on Friday, September 4, 2020 at 11 a.m. to be held at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, VA. In lieu of flowers, well wishers may donate to a local animal rescue group. Online condolences and fond memories may be offered to the family at: www.moneyandking.com.
Ms. Holdway fulfilled a lifelong career as a Registered Nurse, caring deeply for those she cared for and specifically working in pediatrics, geriatrics, and child and adult psychiatrics. An animal lover, she raised four dogs that predeceased her – Taffy, Angel, Buddy, and Honey. Ms. Holdway had such a big heart that she adopted Buddy as a homeless stray right off of a Memphis street and Buddy went on to live a long, full life due to her actions. She volunteered with local animal rescue groups giving freely of her time to the care of these dogs. Ms. Holdway also loved going to the dog park with her dogs and meeting up with other dog owners on a regular basis. Ms. Holdway was an avid church goer and she taught Sunday school for some time at the Central Baptist Church in Tennessee. Like her mother, she loved to Jazzercise and go to dances.
Ms. Holdway graduated from George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Virginia in 1969. She attended Mary Washington College and the University of Virginia where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1973.
Ms. Holdway was born Teresa Dibrell Follin on January 12, 1951 in Arlington, VA to John (Jack) Walker Follin and Dibrell Fulcher Follin of Falls Church. She is survived by brothers Rodney Follin (Peggy Tucker) of Fairfax Station, VA and Gary Follin (Kim) of Falls Church and many aunts, uncles and cousins and other loving family members, and many dear friends she’s had for years including her best friend Carolyn Juergens of Yorktown, VA.
There will be a graveside service on Friday, September 4, 2020 at 11 a.m. to be held at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, VA. In lieu of flowers, well wishers may donate to a local animal rescue group. Online condolences and fond memories may be offered to the family at: www.moneyandking.com.
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I’ve been friends with Terri for about 20 years. She loved to watch funny movies and I know many times, we’d watch some funny movies and she would be laughing so hard, that she would cry. She always loved walking and playing with her dogs, as sometimes, they walked her! Terri was a joy to be around and I will miss her very much! Praying for her family! Cathy McFerren
Terry was my oldest,dearest friend and we shared so many wonderful memories together. I’m so thankful that my parents moved next door to Terry’s home in 1958. We became friends as young children playing with our dolls, jumping rope, roller skating on Westmoreland Street, watching the Mickey Mouse Club together and dancing while we watched American Bandstand. She told me how she cried when we had to move to Norfolk, Virginia when my father got his next duty assignment with the U.S. Navy .The miles never separated us. We always kept in touch. I graduated a year ahead of Terry and moved to Missouri after graduation. My father had retired and our extended family lived in that state but I would return to Virginia and ended up in Fredericksburg when Terry was finishing up nursing school at UVA. Nursing was a shared profession and we could so easily relate to the challenges that job held. She was always so sweet to remember my children’s birthdays over the years She attended all their weddings and we got to dance again. She did love dancing. Although it had been a good number of years since we were last together we always kept in touch with our phone calls. I will miss her so much but I know God had His hand in her journey to her heavenly home and I pray that she’s at peace and rejoicing with her Mom and Dad and maybe even her four legged children she cared for and loved so much. Condolences to her brothers and family. Becky Griffith
As I mentioned at Brell’s memorial celebration, I swear I remember first meeting Terri on Moly Drive in our strollers. If I don’t truly remember the actual moment, I can picture it clearly from growing up with the story. Terri and I remained close most of our lives, but my fondest memories are from our childhood. I’d climb over the Adams’s back fence and into her back yard, to the barking of Snowball. We’d sit in her room and cut pictures out of teen magazines (Frankie Avalon and Annette for her, Roger Smith for me), which she would add to the piles of paper and stuffed animals all over her bed. We would play with her toys, my favorites being her Mickey Mouse doll, a wind-up Donald Duck that played a drum, and my very favorite, a stuffed basset hound with a “Y” on its ear. Terri of course was not complete without Taffy, which I believe started out as a small, yellow, stuffed dog and ended as some stuffing with a lot of tape around it. We walked home from Haycock Elementary together, often dressed alike. We spent many adult hours reminiscing about those days and laughing our heads off. But as an adult, I also remember her as the most compassionate person I’ve ever known, which I suppose is why she became a nurse. She had a huge heart. I’ll miss visiting when she came home for Christmas and her passion for all the critters. I’ll miss her unique sense of humor and of course her laugh. I’m thankful she was part of my life. My heart goes out to Rodney and Gary, Peggy and Kim, and the rest of her family and friends. And I’m grateful to the friends, family and nurses who looked after her over these past couple of years. Susie Lawrence
Terri was a classmate of mine at UVA Nursing School in the class of 1973. I also attended her lovely wedding . Though it has been almost half a century since I last saw her, my memories of her are wonderfully unforgettable. I can’t recall ever seeing her without a smile on her face. I admired her diligence in her nursing studies as well as her strong devotion to her friends and family. She always gave the VERY BEST of herself to everyone. No doubt she touched so many people young and old, as well as her furbabies equally with her great care and attention to them. Her heart was as big as anyone has ever had and her absence is a true loss. She is now with Jesus in heaven. I thank God for the blessing of having known her and my prayers are with her family and friends. Nancy Prescott