Janice Ann Holton

Janice Ann Holton, 91 years of age, passed away at the home of her daughter, Cathy, at approximately
08:15 a.m., on Monday, October 23, 2023.
Janice was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 10, 1932. She was a member of Oceanway
Assembly of God and, later, a member of Christian Life Church.
She had a big heart for others and for Jesus. She loved everyone she encountered.
Janice was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to all who knew her. She was
affectionately known by her family as “Granny.”
Janice was preceded in death by her loving husband, John C. Holton, Sr., whom she called “Jaye”, her
daughter Shirley Jean Vannetzel, her granddaughter Christina Heath, Her sisters Nancy and Peggy, and
her brothers Joe and Billy.
Janice is survived by her three sons – John Christopher Holton Jr., Robert Allen Holton, and 
Thomas Randall Holton, and two daughters, Catherine Ruth Chituras and Jo Ann Holton Bellisle, and her sister
Carolyn Avera
Janice was blessed with a total of 80 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and
a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
The family expresses their gratitude to Hospice for the care of their mother. Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 30, 2023, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, with Pastors Jeramy Shannon and Robert Carswell Officiating. The interment will be in Ferreira Cemetery, Jacksonville.
 

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