Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holt, Mallory C., 1954 

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MALLORY CLIFTON HOLT

M. C. Holt Killed By Falling Tree Near Ivor Home 

  Mallory Clifton Holt, 71, well-known farmer of the Ivor community, was 
killed instantly June 25, 1954, by a falling tree while cutting timber near 
his home. 

  He was the son of the late Andrew Jackson and Eunice Gay Holt, of 
Southampton County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Eliza Doyle Holt; two daughters, Mrs. 
Charlie Holland of Sedley, and Mrs. Myrtle Bulls of Ivor; four grandchildren; 
four brothers, John, A.N., and Willie Holt of Ivor, and C.A. Holt of 
Wakefield. 

  Funeral services were conducted at the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home 
Sunday at 4 P.M. by the Rev. A.W. Coates and the Rev. R.D. Stephenson. 

  Burial was in the family cemetery near Sedley. 

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MALLORY C. HOLT KILLED INSTANTLY

   Funeral services for Mallory Clifton Holt, 71, of the Ivor community were 
held last Sunday at the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home in Franklin.  The Revs. 
A.W. Coates and R.D. Stephenson officiated, and burial was in the family 
cemetery near Sedley.

   Mr. Holt was killed instantly last Friday when a tree fell on him while he 
was cutting timber near his home.

   He was the son of the late Andrew Jackson and Eunice Gay Holt of 
Southampton County.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Eliza Doyle Holt and two daughters, 
Mrs. Charlie Holland of Sedley, and Mrs. Myrtle Bulls of Ivor; four 
grandchildren; four brothers, John, A.N., and Willie Holt of Ivor and C.A. 
Holt of Wakefield.


Mallory Clifton HOLT, of Ivor, farmer, 
b. 4 Dec 1882, Southampton Co., crushed by tree 25 Jun 1954, near home, 
interred in the HOLT family cemetery*, near Sedley, 27 Jun 1954, 
marked in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 37, No. 3, Thurs., July 1, 1954, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., July 1, 1954 

*Additional information: 

Presumably this is the HOLT family cemetery off Cottage Hill Rd. (Rt. 641), 
   where his parents are buried. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Mallory is marked with his widow in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-17): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #192372105. 

D.Cert. 14171 (B&I #10) 

His marriage records: 

MALLORY CLIFTON HOLT, 26, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, 
   S/O ANDREW JACKSON AND EUNICE GAY HOLT 
m. 02-11-1911 UNITY, SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA, BY REV. H.S. ARTHUR 
MARY ELIZABETH DOYLE, 19, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O ZACHARIAH AND LAURA ELLEN POND DOYLE 
Southampton Co. MB14:206 

11. m. 01/11/1911, Southampton Co., by H.S. Adkins 
M.C. Holt, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o A.J. & E. Holt, Farmer 
Mary Doyle, 19, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Z. Doyle & L.E. Bradshaw 
Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt 

His uncle Xenophon HOLT (1832 - 1908) was a Confederate veteran, having served 
   as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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