Marie Barber Holbrook

Peggy Marie Barber Holbrook, 82, of Lexington, died Friday, August 7, 2020 at her daughter’s residence. Funeral Services will be private. Mrs. Holbrook will lie in state from 1 to 3 PM Sunday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton, and the family will receive friends at other times at the home of her daughter, Peggy Stone on Hill Rd., Lexington. Born in Cumberland County on June 26, 1938, she was the daughter of Rev. John Benjamin and Margaret Reynolds Dow. She was the owner/operator of Marie Barber’s Flower and Gifts in Lexington. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Donald David Barber and Paul Hardin Holbrook and a daughter, Betty Diane Gallimore. Mrs. Holbrook is survived by a daughter, Peggy Stone (Jimmy) of Lexington; 3 sons, John Barber (Ann) of Granite Quarry, Jessie Barber (Karen) of Oliver Springs TN, and Roy Barber (Stephanie) of Lexington; sister, Judy Rosenbaum of Denton; 20 Grandchildren; 24 Great-grandchildren; multiple Great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, PO Box 1697, Lexington NC 27293. Briggs Funeral Home of Denton is in charge of arrangements.