Mr. Joel Lynn ""Rip"" Holt

Mr. Joel Lynn ""Rip"" Holt obituary

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Sharpe Funeral Home Inc

520 Rosenwald St

Burlington, North Carolina

Joel Holt Obituary

MEBANE - Mr. Joel Lynn "Rip" Holt, 56, of 611 West McKinley St., died Sept. 25, 2013, at the White Oak Manor.
He was the son of Ms. Parthenia Holt and Mr. George Lynch, both deceased.
Survivors include a son, Joshua Parrish; brothers, Marvin Holt, Anthony Fuller and Eric Walker; sisters, Karen Johnson, Andrea Hodges and McKeba Slade of Roxboro; aunts, Brenda Holt, who was his caregiver as well and Margie Holt Alston; uncles, Gerald Holt and Thomas O. Vinson.
The funeral will be Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Chapel AME Church. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service and other times they will meet at the home of Mrs. Margie Alston of 2355 Melfield Drive. Public viewing will be held on Saturday at the funeral home from 1-9 p.m.
Burial will be in Mebane Community Cemetery.
Mr. Holt was a member of Johnson Chapel AME Church and was an Army veteran. He was employed by Safeway Sprinklers.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents who reared him, Mr. Daniel Holt and Mrs. Mary Holt both deceased.
Email condolences may be sent to sharpefuneralhome.com
Support and services are furnished by Sharpe Funeral Home, Inc.

Published by TheTimesNews.com from Sep. 27 to Sep. 28, 2013.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Cynthia Worth

September 29, 2013

God bless and keep you.

JB and Hilda Brown

September 29, 2013

We all have been like family, your family is my family, your loss is one that we all from the bottom share, GOD will grant you peace in your time of sorrow; look to the hills.

Cindy Teague

September 28, 2013

GOD will give your family comfort from all sides, draw your strength from HIM. We draw our help from his goodness and his mercy.

Larry Lambert

September 28, 2013

You have my deepest sympathy. Joel and I went to school together for many years. May God bless his family.
Rose Miles Davis

Rose Davis

September 28, 2013

So sorry for your lose, our prayers and deepest sympathy are extended to the entire Holt family. May God bless and keep you all.

Lynwood & Delorse Martin

September 28, 2013

May you find comfort in God's love and in your memories of wonderful times you shared with your love one.

Pauline Tate

September 28, 2013

Our family extends our condolances and pray your comfort. We are so sorry to hear of this loss. We all will miss that welcoming smile. may God continue to bless you.

Tyson Fearrington

September 28, 2013

STAY STRONG IN THE LORD AND LET HIM DIRECT YOUR PATH.

JoANN Cousin

September 27, 2013

MY HEART IS WITH THE FAMILY IN YOUR TIME OF SADDNEST, JUST LET GOD TAKE YOUR HAND AND LEAD YOUR FAMILY THROUGH TODAY AND EVERYDAY.

BERTHA ROGERS

September 27, 2013

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