CHARLES JACKSON HOLT STORY

CHARLES"Charlie" JACKSON HOLT and first wife,
MARY ELIZABETH RODGERS on their wedding day, 20 August 1891 at
Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas

Charles was son of Andrew Jackson Holt and Sarah Sparks Holt.

Mary Elizabeth Rodgers Holt was born 3 February 1866 in Indiana
Mary died 15 Dec 1899,Birta Community Cemetery, Birta,Yell County,
Arkansas
Charles adopted her daughter EMMA RODGERS who was born in 1885.
Charles and Mary Elizabeth Rodgers had children:
i:Jimmy Holt who died at birth

ii:Cora Rose Ella Holt, born 15Feb 1892 at Mt.Judea, Newton County,
Arkansas.She died in 1971 Muskogee,Oklahoma with burial Greenhill
Cemetery.
She married OSCAR LEE BATTENFIELD (1890-1967

iii:John William "Willie" Holt, born 1893.

iv:Mamie Viola Holt, born 1898

Charles married (2)NANCY EMELINE DOTY on 25 October 1900
in Newton County, Arkansas
Nancy, born 9Sep1878. Died 27 Jan 1966,Fields Cemetery,Porum,
Muskogee County,Oklahoma
Nancy was daughter of Joseph Doty and Nicie R. Harp
Their children were: (continuing with Charles Holt children)
v:Julia Ora Holt, born 1902

vi:Wynona "Nonnie" Holt, born 1904

vii:Dallas Holt, born 1905

viii:Donnie Holt, born 1907

ix:Albert Lee Holt,(3Oct1910--1Oct1999 Fields Cemetery,Porum,Oklahoma
He married JEWELL DELL COSPER (1912-2010)on 20May1931.
Albert Lee Holt known Children:
1)Vera Oleta Holt Warren (1932 - 2002)
2)Billy Herman Holt (1933 - 2010)
3)Mary Ann McGarity (1937 - 2011)
4)Opal Cowanda Holt Armstrong (1939 - 2008)

x:Andrew Joseph Holt,(twin) born 1911

xi:twin, born 1911

xii:Cecil Bluford Holt, (23Mar1914-24June1996)Buried Fields Cemetery,
Porum,Muskogee County,Oklahoma.br> Cecil married JO JUNE MASSEY(26July1919 Stringtown,Atoka County,
Oklahoma--22Feb2009 Muskogee County,Oklahoma.Buried Fields Cemetery
Jo June Massey Holt wife of Bluford Holt married 20Jan1937

JO JUNE MASSEY HOLT
Mrs. Holt was born July 26, 1919 at Stringtown, OK, the daughter of
Thomas Massey and Sophia (Moats) Massey and died Sunday, February 22,
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bluford Holt,
two brothers, three sisters and a great-great-grandson, Cade Horton.
Mrs. Holt was a welder in the Navy Shipyards during WWII and worked
at Corning Glass in Muskogee.
Survivors include her children, Dale Holt of Porum, Gary Holt of
Porum, Betty Lindsey of Muskogee, Nancy Holt of Mesquite, TX;
brothers, Buck Massey of Stilwell, Gus Massey of Illinois, sister
Marylyn Dossey of Lufkin, TX,12 grandchildren,20 great-grandchildren
and six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at
2:00 PM Wednesday,February 25, 2009 at the Porum Assembly of God with
Pallbearers will be grandsons. Burial will be in Fields Cemetery at
Porum under the direction of Millsap Funeral Service of Webbers
Falls. Burial:Fields Cemetery,Porum,Muskogee County,Oklahoma
Inscription:Married 1-20-1937

(Charles Jackson Holt children continued)
xiii:Sarah E Holt,born ca 1916
xiv:Laura B Holt,born ca 1920

1920 Brooken,Haskell County,Oklahoma
Charles J Holt...Head...........M.......53......Texas
Nancy E Holt.....Wife...........F.......41......Missouri
Ella C Holt....Daughter.........F.......27......Arkansas
Wynona Holt....Daughter.........F.......15......Arkansas
Donnie Holt....Daughter.........F.......12......Arkansas
Albert L Holt..Son..............M........9......Oklahoma
Joseph A Holt..Son..............M........8......Oklahoma
Cecil B Holt...Son..............M........5......Oklahoma
Sarah E Holt...Daughter.........F........4......Oklahoma
Laura B Holt...Daughter.........F........0......Oklahoma

Charles Jackson Holt died 20 January 1956 at Porum, Oklahoma and is
buried in Fields Cemetery at Porum,Muskogee County,Oklahoma
Nancy Emeline Doty Holt,born 9Sep1878; died on 27 January 1966,
at Porum, Oklahoma,Fields Cemetery

Thank you Roxanne and Paul Nichols for sharing picture of
Charles and Mary Elizabeth Rodgers Holt

Evelyn Flood
Rkinfolks@yahoo.com
October 2003
16 Nov 2016
7 Dec 2016

Rkinfolks@yahoo.com

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