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Benjamin Calvin HOLT

Holt Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

Benjamin Calvin
September 2, 1878-September 21, 1952

Birda May
December 10, 1890-November 8, 1980

Inscribed on back of stone:
Benjamin Calvin Holt and Birda May Kirk married November 7, 1905
Parents of:
Ora Calvin (O C)
Maudie Marie
Myrle May
Joseph Newton
Benjamin Fredrick (Fred)
Nolan C

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*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary for Benjamin
B.C. Holt, 74, pioneer resident of Hutchinson County who was instrumental in developing the Holt community, died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday in North Plains Hospital after a lingering illness.

Holt was born Sept. 2, 1878, at Mt. Grove, Mo., and moved to Hutchinson County in 1899, from Henrietta, Tex., where he lived about one year. He homesteaded about three sections of land near Holt community and has extensive farming and ranching operation in that area. In 1900 Holt was the leading figure in the development of the community that bears his name.

He donated land for the Holt school, established in 1902, and for the Holt cemetery, established in 1904. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Spearman. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Farrington, Houston and Mrs. A.Bruce Marshall, Houston; four sons, J.N., Dallas, O.C., Fred and Nolan, all of Holt Community; eight grandchildren; one half-brother, W.T. Coble, Amarillo; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Otis Price and Mrs. Charles Remy, both of Ada, Okla.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the First Methodist Church, Spearman, with the Rev. H.A. Nichols, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Stratford officiating, assisted by the Rev. J.B. Stewart, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Spearman, and the Rev. O.L. Bryant, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Spearman.

Pallbearers will be Medlin Patterson, John Bishop, Woodwell Jarvis, M.W. Lackey, John Close and Olin Sheets.

Burial will be in the Holt cemetery.

(Published in Borger News Herald, September 22, 1952)

*Obituary for Birda
SPEARMAN - Services for Mrs. Birda Mae Holt, 89, were at 2:30 p.m. today in First Methodist Church of Spearman.

The Rev. Frank Oglesby, pastor, officiated, and the Rev. Russell Pogue, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted. Burial was in Holt Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers.

Mrs. Holt died Saturday.

Mrs. Holt was born in Erath County and moved to the Holt Community in 1901. She married B.C. Holt in 1905 in Hutchinson County. He died in 1952. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Maudie Marshall of Houston and Mrs. Myrle Farrington of Guatemala; four sons, Newton Holt of Dallas and O.C. Holt, Fred Holt and Nolan Holt, all of Spearman; eight grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be to the Holt Cemetery Association.

(Published in Borger News Herald, November 11, 1980)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Birda Holt
Death Date: 8 Nov 1980
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female

Contributed on 11/17/20 by neldapat
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Submitted: 11/17/20 • Approved: 11/18/20 • Last Updated: 11/21/20 • R367030-G367030-S3

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