Sussex-Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holt, Aurelius W., 1943 

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ROCKY HOCK CHURCH BULLETIN - 
   "IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER - AURELIUS WALTER HOLT BY OSCAR LEE HOLT" 

  Aurelius Walter Holt was born in 1873 and died in 1943.  Aurelius Holt was a 
descendant of Randall Holt who was born in England ca. 1607.  Randall came to 
America and married Mary Bailey ca. 1626.  The Holts were some of the earliest 
residents of Surry County.  Aurelius attended Rocky Hock Church.

  One of his children was Oscar Lee Holt (1899 - 1982).  Lee Holt followed in 
his father’s footsteps and attended Rocky Hock Church.  He has been described 
as a "pillar of the church," serving on the PPR Committee, a trustee, and very 
supportive of the church in many other ways.  Lee Holt was active in community 
and agricultural organizations, a member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club, served 
on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Sussex and Surry, and was chairman of 
the Board of Agriculture in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Oscar Lee Holt 
farmed and lived where Oscar Owen and his wife live today on Owens Grove Road. 
In his youth, a favorite pastime was to participate in jousting tournaments.

  Aurelius and Oscar Holt are both buried in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  Thanks to Walter Westbrook (Lee Holt's grandnephew) for the picture. 


Aurelius Walter HOLT, farmer, 
b. 1 Jan 1873, Southampton Co., d. 29 Aug 1943, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 31 Aug 1943, 
Rocky Hock Methodist Church bulletin, Jan. 10, 2010 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Birthdate &c. D.Cert. 18650 (Wakefield #8) 

A similar memorial for his wife, Leafie Dell (BINFORD) HOLT (1878 - 1911), 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h430l3ob.txt 

His parents, Thomas Atticus & "Mollie" Mary Elizabeth (BRITTLE) HOLT, 
   are buried in a BRANTLEY family cemetery on Ivor Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-53): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His father (1835 - 1901) was of age to have been a Confederate veteran, 
   but we have not found a record of his probable service. 

Oscar's obits ("Daily Press" & "Tidewater News," Sep. 1982) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h430o1ob.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: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h430a3ob.txt