Bobbie Jo Holt

1933 - 2026

Bobbie Jo Holt, age 92, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation.

Bobbie Jo was born on October 12, 1933, in Somerset, Kentucky, to the late Emmett Gilliland and Ethel McKenzie Gilliland. She was proud to be a member of the first graduating class of Pulaski County High School in 1951, a milestone she always cherished.

Bobbie Jo dedicated many years of service as a bookkeeper for the City of Somerset. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church and remained deeply involved in her community throughout her life. She was an active member of the Pulaski County Historical Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), and she had a true passion for researching her family’s genealogical history. Her love for preserving the past reflected her deep appreciation for family and heritage.

Known throughout the Somerset community, Bobbie Jo will be remembered for her warm and jovial personality, her generous heart, and the genuine kindness she showed to everyone she met. She treasured her family, valued her friendships, and found great joy in being involved in the community she loved so dearly.

Bobbie Jo leaves behind her special friend and partner in life, Paul “Dink” Hinkle; her nieces and nephews, Suzanne Richie Kidd, Melissa Horton Oliver, and Curtis Gilliland, Jr., all of Somerset; Ernest Gilliland of Burnside, Kentucky; Michael Wells of Quincy, Florida; Nancy Wells Ottaway of Crestview, Florida; and Richard Wells of Whitley City, Kentucky. She is also survived by several beloved great-nieces and great-nephews, along with her cherished church family, neighbors, and many dear friends who will deeply miss her presence.

In addition to her parents, Bobbie Jo was preceded in death by one infant son, Madison Emmett Holt; her brothers and sisters, Curtis Gilliland, Dean G. Wells, Lucille G. Horton, Maxine G. Hinkle, and Linville E. Gilliland “Junior”; two nephews, Gene Gordon Wells and Frank Richie, Jr.; her niece, Sandra Hinkle Griffith; and her great-niece, Lisa Jo Kidd.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset, Kentucky 42503. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. David Pendley officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Don Griffith, James Kidd, David Givens, Tate Dudgeon, David Hinkle, Stanley Oliver, and Luke Oliver.

The family kindly requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Hospice of Lake Cumberland or the Pulaski County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in memory of Bobbie Jo Holt. Donations may be mailed in care of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1441, Somerset, Kentucky 42502.

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