Phoebe Kate Burns Hollimon

Phoebe Kate Burns Hollimon passed away peacefully on July 19th in Tallahassee, FL. Phoebe was born on January 25, 1930 to Gladys Merriam Chamblee and George Maxwell Burns. She graduated from Montevallo College for Women and obtained a masters in home economics from Florida State University. She was married to James Harlon Hollimon in 1954. Phoebe and Jim were married for 42 years. Jim was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1992, and Phoebe lovingly cared for him until his passing in 1996. Phoebe was very active in raising her two sons in Pensacola’s Cordova Park neighborhood, and she took pride in her 20 year career as a Home Economics professor at Pensacola Junior College. She was an avid bridge player and extremely active in the First United Methodist Church in Pensacola, Florida’s oldest United Methodist Church. After Jim’s passing, she moved from their family home into the newly constructed Scenic Towers and was an active member of the condo association for many years. As the 5th of 6 children, Phoebe was the matriarch of a very large and loving extended family. She lost her older siblings Sara Eugenia Burns (1921-1989), Maxwell Chamblee Burns (1923-1966) Samuel Carey Burns (1925-1965), and Joe Dan Burns (1926-2008), and cherished her relationship with her younger brother George Robert Burns who lives with his family in Inman, SC. Phoebe and Jim were co-founders of what remains today an annual Burns Family reunion hosting 50-100 Burns family members every year. After many years in Florida, the reunion now alternates between Vogel State Park and Edisto Beach, SC. Phoebe looked forward every year to the annual Burns Family reunion as an opportunity to remain connected over the years and through the generations. Phoebe is survived by her sons Lee Burns Hollimon of Navarre Beach, and William Harlon Hollimon (Loranne Ausley) of Tallahassee. Phoebe loved her grandchildren John Flowers Hollimon, Phillip Burns Hollimon, Elizabeth Reid Hollimon and William DuBose Ausley Hollimon. A celebration of Phoebe’s well lived and full life will take place at Faith Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Phoebe Hollimon may be made to the Alzheimer’s Project, Tallahassee https://www.alzheimersproject.org/give/ Rocky Bevis and Kelly Barber of Bevis Funeral Home in Tallahassee (850/385-2193 or www.bevisfh.com ) are assisting the Hollimon family with their arrangements.

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Phoebe Kate Burns Hollimon

January 25, 1930 - July 19, 2018