Phyllis (Stewart) Holder (1923 - 2014)

Born 28 Feb 1923 in Gray County, Kentucky, USA

Died 13 Sep 2014 at age 91 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Phyllis Stewart was born 28 February 1923 in Gray County, Kentucky, USA and died 13 September 2014 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Phyllis was married to Walter Hopkins. Walter died of cancer in the mid 1970’s. Phyllis and Walter worked for the Knoxville Utilities Board, Phyllis in the Billing Department and Walter in the Accounting Department. In 1978 she started dating Walter Lee “Dusty” Holder and they were married in 1979. Phyllis is buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville.

She grew up in the mountains of Clairfield, Tennessee, coal mining community on the Tennessee- Kentucky line during the Great Depression. As a young girl her father taught her to make biscuits at breakfast and that began her life as a great cook. She was a wonderful Southern cook and famous for her Angel Biscuits, cornbread, green tomato relish, homemade preserves and most especially her desserts. She could whip out a tasty country meal with little or no effort. During the Holidays you could count on her to prepare her Green Punch, fudge, cakes, candies and cookies. She always wanted everyone to be happy during the holiday’s young and old alike. Family was everything to Phyllis.

There was always someone for Phyllis to care for starting in the 1940’s and 1950’s with her father, followed by her brother and sisters, nieces and nephews, Miss Flossie (her mother), both her husbands, friends and neighbors. She lived by the Golden Rule, she always loved her neighbor and they loved her.

Sources

• Memorial Brochure, in possession of Kim Wolf.

• Eulogy given by her nephew, Dusty Holder.

• Find A Grave [database on-line]: Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, Memorial 136028275 merged into Memorial 135944672 [1].