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John Holder Obituary

Funeral services for John Shelton Holder, 92, will be Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Anniston Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Anniston Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. until service time. Mr. Holder died Friday evening. Survivors include his son, Ray Holder and his wife, Kim, of Anniston; his grandsons, Tim Holder, of Jacksonville and Kyle Holder, of Douglasville, Ga.; brother, Lee Holder, of Jacksonville; step-sons, James E. O'Neal and his wife, Marilynn, of Jasper, Ga. and Harold O'Neal and his wife, Patricia, of Alexandria and step-daughters, Ann Jordan and her husband, Larry, of Hiram, Ga. and Carol Bryant and her husband, Jim, of Bethlehem, Ga. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise; his brothers, Wesley Holder, Chester Holder, Clifford Holder, Edd Holder and J.P. Holder and sisters, Belvar Harrelson Mildred Clements, Claudine Buchanan and Helen Holder. Pallbearers will be Kyle Holder, Tim Holder, Larry Jordan, Clint Jordan, Brad Jordan, Jimmy O'Neal and Jamie Bryant. Mr. Holder was a member of Greenbrier Church of Christ and was formerly employed by Lee Brass, Lockheed Aircraft, Southern Tool and Machine and General Electric Co. The family suggests memorial donations be made to Rainbow Omega, 100 Hope Dr., Eastaboga, AL 36260 or to Greenbrier Church of Christ, 3425 Greenbrier Dear Rd., Anniston, AL. 36207. Anniston Memorial Funeral Home 3865 US Hwy 431 North Anniston, AL 36206 256-820-0024

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Published by The Anniston Star on Jan. 31, 2010.

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John Holder

April 15, 2021

Its been 11 years and I still miss "Shelt".When I was a boy he had a service station.He gave me my first car.He had a cabin on the lake.I recently got a magnetic sign that says "Holder Oil Co" and put it on my classic truck.Commemorating his service station.

Georgette Samaritan-Holder

February 3, 2010

Sharing your sorrow in the loss of our dear Uncle Shelt, and sending my deepest sympathies. I feel so fortunate to have visited him in Jacksonville this past year. The warmth of his gentle nature remains.

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