Billie L. Holloway Carden

Billie L. Holloway Carden passed away on November 3, 2026. She was born in Chatham County, NC on September 7, 1934 to William Henry Holloway and Ruby Lee Markham Holloway. In addition to her parents, Mrs Carden is predeceased by her step-father Lacy Rigsbee, husband Bobby H. Carden and brother Bobby Bickford Holloway.

Billie grew up in Durham and attended Durham High School where she graduated and then continued her education at Durham Technical Institute. She worked at General Telephone Company / Verizon until she retired in 1992.

From a young age she enjoyed playing the piano and then later teaching her piano students. She was married to Bobby H. Carden on Nov. 21, 1952 at Grace Baptist Church in Durham.

Billie was a valued member of Northgate Chapel in Durham as a Sunday School teacher, AWANA leader and pianist for decades. She attended Abundant Life Church in Hillsborough, NC for approximately 20 years where she sang in the choir and taught the 'Littles' in Sunday School.

Anywhere she went she had a way of smiling at you that was genuine and made you feel genuinely seen and cared about. She lived a large part of her retired life in Carteret County on Atlantic Beach where she enjoyed walking the beach, thrift store shopping and working at Second-Go-Round Thrift Store. She eventually returned to the Triangle area in 2018 where she lived with her daughters in Hillsborough, NC and Bahama, NC.

Above all, throughout her life, she thrived on reading and studying her Bible. You could not be around Mrs Carden without knowing how much she loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

She has 8 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren that she loved and prayed for daily.

There will be a Visitation/ Family Gathering at Walker Funeral Home in Hillsborough, NC from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday November 12 followed by a graveside service (2:30) at Maplewood Cemetary, 1621 Duke University Blvd in Durham.

Mrs Carden is survived by her sister, Sandra Kay Rigsbee, Children; Cynthia Renee' Carden (Victor) Ribet, Cecelia Anne Carden and Melody Lynn Carden (Bryan) McKay. Grandchildren; Samuel (Amanda) Deal , Gary (Pam) Ribet , April Ribet (Travis) Olson , Tiffany McKay (J.P.) Davies, Christopher K. (Breanna) McKay, Amy McKay (Josh) Walker, James B. McKay, Megan Kirby (Bryson) Hill.

Mom, we love you and we will see you soon.