Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holt, Cosco A., 1961 

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COSCO AULSO HOLT

   WAKEFIELD - Cosco Aulso Holt, 83, retired Ivor merchant, died in the 
hospital Tuesday morning after an illness of four years.

   He was a Southampton County native, husband of Ester Callis Holt and son 
of Andrew Jackson and Mrs. Eunice Gay Holt.

   An Ivor merchant, he was a member of Wakefield Baptist Church, a charter 
member of Ivor Ruritan Club, and a member of the board of directors of the 
Bank of Sussex & Surry.

   Surviving are two sons, J. Reginald Holt of Wakefield and Emmett W. Holt 
of Franklin; a brother, A.N. Holt of Ivor, and two grandson, Bobby and Jimmy 
Holt of Franklin.

   A funeral service was held in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, 
Wednesday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. D.M. Cotter of Wakefield Baptist church, 
assisted by the Rev. G.C. Bentley of High Street Methodist Church Franklin. 
Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were J.N. Barker, J.N. Savedge, Jack Bain, L.A. Brantley, C.M. 
Ramsey, O.L. Holt, Dr. E.C. Nettles and G.L. Munford.


Cosco Aulso HOLT, retired Ivor merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 Jan 1961, age 83, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 25 Jan 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 26, 1961, Section 2, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Additional information: 

Cosco had been previously married, as shown below: 

Cosco Aulso Holt, 29, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   s/o Andrew Jackson and Eunice N. Gay Holt 
m. 04-03-1907 Ivor, Southampton Co., Va. by Rev. R.H. Peel 
Ella Maude Sykes, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   d/o James Emmett and Mary Penelope Rawls Sykes
(Southampton Co. MB12:601; transcribed by Bruce Saunders; 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt) 

Divorced in 1919, Ella 2m. Calvin D. MITCHELL, Sr.  They are buried in 
   Westhampton Memorial Park, Richmond. 

His second wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 8, 1940, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h430e2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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