Ira Dean Holt (1893 - 1942)

Born 26 Apr 1893 in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Jane Price (Miller) Holt — married 12 Jun 1920 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Died 7 Feb 1942 at age 48 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ira was born in 1893, a son of Reverend Bolden Hines Holt and Adelaide "Mallie" Wallace ^[1]

He attended Arkansas College for two years and then graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1917, from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1920 and was ordained in the New Albion TX Presbytery.

He married Jane Price Miller in a joint wedding with her sister Margaret Oakley Miller and C.C. Edmondson on June 12,1920 in Memphis, TN. ^[2]

Rev. Holt and his bride Jane then resided in Salem, Ind. where he had his first pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church from 1920-1922, when Ira was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Corinth, Miss, where they resided from 1922-1935. Their daughter, Jane Price Holt was born in 1930 in Corinth, Miss.

In 1935 they moved to the Chelsea Ave. Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tenn. where Ira served as Pastor until he died in 1942. He was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, TN ^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ [1]: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch. Ira Holt in household of Bolden H Holt, Justice Precinct 6 Lavernia town, Wilson, Texas, United States.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch. [2]: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch. Ira D Holt and Janie Price Miller, 12 Jun 1920; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,465,440.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch [3]: Ira Dean Holt, 7 Feb 1942; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #216948684 Rev. Ira Dean Holt (1893-1941)

• [4] Rev. E.C. Scott, D.D. (Stated Clerck of the General Assembly) Compiler MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, U.S. 1861-1941 1942, Published by Order of the General Assembly Press of Von Brockmann-Jones Co. Austin, Texas p. 333.

See also:

• [5]: "Family Tree," database entry for Ira Dean Holt contributed by various users.