Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holt, Rosa Gay, 1951 

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ROSA MARY GAY HOLT

Mrs. Rosa Gay Holt

     Mrs. Rosa Mary Gay Holt, for more than half a century a resident of 
Franklin, died at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, December 1, at the residence in 
Chattanooga, Tenn., of her son, Douglas Leigh Holt, with whom she made her 
home.  She had been suffering with a heart condition for over two years, and 
was taken suddenly worse on Friday night about 11 o'clock. 

     Mrs. Holt was a daughter of the late Littleton A. and Rosa Bryant Gay of 
Franklin.  A sister of the late Joe Bynum Gay, former Mayor of Franklin, she 
was born at "Rosedale Plantation," near Franklin, on December 31, 1878.  After 
attending the Franklin Female Seminary, from which she graduated in 1898, she 
taught school for a few years in Isle of Wight County and in Franklin when the 
public school was in a two-room building on Norfleet Street.  On November 8, 
1905, she married Benjamin Leigh Holt of Franklin, who preceded her to the 
grave on July 3, 1938.  She was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. 

     Surviving her besides her son are two grandchildren; two nieces, Mrs. 
S. F. Winiker and Miss Antoinette Parker of Danville, whom she helped rear 
after the death of their mother in 1909; a nephew, Joe Bynum Gay, Jr., of 
Franklin; two great-nephews, and a great-niece; and her aunt, Mrs. J.A. 
Jackson of Franklin. 

     Last rites for Mrs. Holt, who numbered a host of friends here, were 
conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Franklin Baptist Church by 
the pastor, Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, assisted by Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner of 
Henderson, N.C. Interment was in the family plot in Popular Springs Cemetery. 

     Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family. The active pallbearers 
were Everett R. Bryant, Joe Gay Bryant, Carlton L. Cutchin, J.J. Finley, Jr., 
J.B. Gay, Jr., Edgar Jackson, G. Hinson Parker and S.F. Winiker. 


Rosa Mary (GAY; Mrs. Benjamin L.) HOLT, former teacher, formerly of Franklin, 
b. 31 Dec 1878 "Rosedale," near Franklin, 
d. 1 Dec 1951, at son's home, Chattanooga, TN, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 58*), Franklin, 
   2 Dec 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 7, 1951, p. 12 

*Her parents are buried in the adjacent plot (PS1-57). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

Benjamin Leigh Holt, 33, s, Mecklenburg Co., Va., So.Co., 
   s/o Benjamin Watkins Leigh and Cornelia Overby Holt, Bookkeeper 
m. 11-08-1905 Franklin, Va. by Rev. W.G. Parker 
Rosa Mary Gay, 27, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Littleton Allen and Elizabeth Rosa Bryant Gay 
(Southampton Co. MB12:294; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 8, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h430b2ob.txt 

Her brother Ashby died a few weeks after her husband.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," Aug. 12, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g000a3ob.txt 


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

file at: 
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