Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holt, John A. III, 2001 

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JOHN ANDREW HOLT 

  John "Johnny" Andrew Holt, III, 48, a resident of Beaverdam Road in Waverly, 
Va., died from injuries received in an accident while working in South Hill, 
Va., on Wednesday, Va., to John A. "Jimmy" Holt, Jr. and Rose Bailey Holt.  He 
worked for B.P. Short & Sons Paving Co. as an equipment operator.  A loving 
husband and proud father, he was devoted to his family and church, Open Door 
Church in Suffolk, Va.

  He is also survived by his wife, Margaret Mays Holt of Waverly, Va.,; his 
daughter, Shannon Marie Holt: sisters, Deane Holt Moore and husband, William, 
of Ivor, and Tammy Holt Cahoon and husband, Rom, of Wakefield; nephews, Earl 
Holland Edwards, Jr. and David Andrews Edwards; nieces, Heather Lynn Holt and 
Ruth Elizabeth Cahoon; and a host of friends and relatives.

  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at Open Door 
Church, 815 Kings Fork Road, Suffolk, Va., with the Rev. Tony Peaks and the 
Rev. Kathy Peaks officiating.  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.  The 
family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 tonight at Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, and other times at the residence.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Open Door Church Youth Fund, 816 Kings 
Fork Road, Suffolk, Va. 23434.


"Johnny" John Andrew HOLT, III, of Waverly, paving equipment operator, 
b. 22 Apr 1953, Sussex Co., d. 9 May 2001, South Hill, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 12 May 2001, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), May 11, 2001, p. 33 

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


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