Lavina (Louvisa "Vina"), the oldest daughter born to John Shelly and Sara A. Hamlett, had four sisters, Clio May (Barr), Jane Elizabeth (Bryant Nixon), Amanda S. (McIntire), and Laura (McKee); and one half-sister, Stella Mina Bryant (Hohman).

Lavina married George William Holloway on 5 Sep 1885 in Kosciusko Co., IN. They had four daughters, Media Ellen (Walters), Anna Mae (Cooper Day Coleman), Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" (Marquiss) and Geneva Arizona (Smith); and four sons, Granville Theodore, Enos Guy, Elven Ervan, and Harry Leroy.
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Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Thursday, December 20, 1945

Mrs. Levina M. HOLLOWAY, 79, died last night (December 19, 1945) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles WALTERS, five miles north of Rochester, a victim of paralysis, from which she suffered two years. She was born [Levina SCHELLEY] in Fulton county on July 20, 1866, the daughter of John and Sarah SCHELLEY. Her husband, George W. HOLLOWAY, preceded her in death. She was a devout member of the Church of God. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Walters; Mrs. Cora McINTIRE of Burket and Mrs. Alvah COOPER of Rochester; four sons, Granville [HOLLOWAY] and Elven [HOLLOWAY], Rochester, and Harry [HOLLOWAY] and Enos [HOLLOWAY] of South Bend; four sisters, Mrs. Jane NIXON, Rochester; Mrs. Laura McKEE, Michigan City, Mrs. Manda McINTIRE, Akron, and Mrs. Minna HULMAN, Claypool; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Final rites will be held from the Church of God on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. Lloyd POWELL officiating. Burial will be made in the IOOF cemetery. The body will lie at the Foster funeral home until the funeral hour.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1945 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh