Minnie Lillian Holcombe

IN LOVING MEMORY

Minnie Lillian Holcombe

December 28, 1928 – November 7, 2026

It is with deep love and grateful hearts that the family of Minnie Lillian Holcombe shares her passing on November 7, 2026. She was 97 years old, and her long life was a blessing to everyone it touched.

Minnie entered the world on December 28, 1928, in Belton, Texas, as the daughter of Annie Elizabeth Holcombe and Roderick Sanders. While she was still a child, her family moved to Houston, the city she would call home for the rest of her life. In 1945 she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, taking her first steps into a life defined by determination and devotion.

Her faith came early. Minnie gave her life to Christ as a young girl and grew up in the historic Brown Chapel AME Church. Later in life she found a new church home at The Fountain of Praise in Houston. Wherever she worshipped, she brought a steady faith that guided her through every season and shaped the way she cared for those she loved.

Minnie was a provider in every sense of the word. For more than twenty years she served as a Food Service Worker at Sam Houston Memorial Hospital, feeding patients and staff with care. She then spent ten more years as a Dietary Clerk at the Sunnyside Center Elderly Day Center program, still giving of herself to others long after many would have slowed down. Hard work was her way of showing love, and her children never doubted it.

Her family will always remember that she loved her children to a fault. Her whole life was poured into them, and they were the center of her world. To her grandchildren she was lovingly known as “Momma Minnie,” a name spoken with love and a smile. In the quiet moments she kept for herself, Minnie loved to read, and she never let a free afternoon pass without catching up on her favorite soap operas.

Minnie leaves to cherish her memory her children, Gwendelyn McConico (the late Otis McConico), Earnell F. Holcombe, and Bobbie L. Holcombe, along with a host of family and friends who loved her dearly.

She was welcomed home by her mother and father; her twin sister, Winnie Holcombe; her brothers, John Holcombe and Eddie Holcombe; her sister, Annie Lee McElroy; her children, Ronald W. Holcombe, Loretta Holcombe, Kenneth Holcombe, Karen E. Holcombe, and Arthur D. Holcombe; her grandson, Otis McConico Jr.; and her great-granddaughter, JaNeisha T. Holcombe.

Though our hearts ache, we take comfort in knowing that a faithful servant has finished her journey and is now at rest with the Lord she loved. We were truly blessed to call her our mother, aunt, and grandmother.

A graveside service will be held on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Texas. Arrangements are entrusted to Troy B. Smith Professional Services.