Nina Frances (Hollida) Leatherwood

Nina Frances Hollida Leatherwood, age 86, resident of Moscow, Tennessee, departed this life Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, Tennessee.

Nina was born December 9, 1935 in Moscow, the daughter of the late Frances Teague Hollida Ivy and Charles Rodney Hollida. She had been a resident of Memphis, Tennessee and graduated from Whitehaven High School. She was employed in accounting at The Troxel Company in Moscow before her retirement and a member of Forty-Five Baptist Church in Moscow.

Nina was an avid sports fan and enjoyed watching several of her grandsons excel in her favorite sport, baseball. Prior to her death, she was blessed to see her grandson, Hayden Leatherwood, and his Ole Miss Rebel teammates become the 2022 NCAA Men’s College World Series Champions.

Mrs. Leatherwood is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, John Leatherwood; their children, Brenda Dunn (Ronny), Jimmy Leatherwood, Sheila Leatherwood (Nick) and John Leatherwood, Jr. (Michelle); her grandchildren, Luke, Shelly, Sheryl, Mark, Austin, Hayden, Ty, Cade and Miley; great-grandchildren, Kayla, Drew, Lucas, Anna, CJ, Jaycee and Blaze; her great-great-grandson, Oakley; and four sisters, Betty Dodson, Marianne Thomas (Dave), Vicki Hudson and Sandy Peterson and numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Mike Leatherwood, his wife Shirley and four brothers, Bobby Hollida and Troy, Roy and David Ivy.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Leatherwood were held at 1 P.M. Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville, Tennessee with Bro. Wayne Hodge, pastor of Forty-Five Baptist Church in Moscow, officiating. Interment followed in the Forty-Five Baptist Church Cemetery.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers were Mrs. Leatherwood’s grandsons, Luke Leatherwood, Austin Leatherwood, Mark Garrett, Hayden Leatherwood, Ty Leatherwood and Cade Leatherwood and great-grandsons, Drew Pruett and Charles “CJ” Taylor. Honorary pallbearers were Shawn Adlon and Bryton Lipford.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to Forty-Five Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 1075 Leatherwood Road, Moscow, TN 38057.