HOLT, Mr. John E., 56, a resident of Montgomery, AL transitioned to his heavenly home Monday, February 1, 2010. Celebration of life services will be conducted Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 1:00 PM from Maggie Street Missionary Baptist Church, 642 Maggie St., Montgomery, AL with Rev. Ezekiel Pettway, officiating. Interment will follow in Eastwood Memorial Gardens,7500 Wares Ferry Rd., Montgomery, AL with Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, Inc., directing. Mr. Holt will lie in repose at the church commencing at12:00 noon. Mr. Holt was educated at Alabama State Laboratory High School and Sidney Lanier High School of Montgomery, where he graduated in 1972. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late John B. and Martha H. Holt and Willie Mae Mack of Montgomery, Alabama, also his grandmother, the late Fannie Hughes of Montgomery, Alabama, a loving nephew the late Anthony Cochran and his late special cousin Shirley Ann Anderson of Birmingham, Alabama. All who knew and loved John E. Holt will remember his smile, pleasant personality, work ethics and care giving heart. A flower has been chosen from the rose garden. To cherish his glorious memories is his only loving and devoted son, John Orlando Holt (Brenda), one energetic two-year old grandson, Ke’lab Orlando Holt, three loving sisters, Claudia E. Cochran (Raymond, Sr.), affectionately known as “Phyllis”of Birmingham, Alabama, Brenda Joyce Jackson of Detroit, Michigan, and Barbara G. Mack of Montgomery, Alabama, one warm-spirited aunt, Annie Pearl Milton of Birmingham, Alabama, affectionately known as “Auntie”, numerous nephews, nieces and cousins. Among his special friends who were also his pals to share grand memories are Annette K. Russell, Verla Thomas and Rose Penn of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Funeral Home: ROSS-CLAYTON
Publication Date: 02/05/2010