Jr.,
Jr., Mark E. Holt
d. October 17, 2007
Dr. Mark Edgar Holt, Jr., of Church Road died Tuesday, October 16, 2007.
He was born March 11, 1922 in Petersburg, Virginia, son of the late Miriam Bulifant and Mark Edgar Holt, Sr.
Mark graduated from Petersburg City Schools and was a member of The Virginia Military Institute Class of 1943. Upon graduation from The University of Virginia Medical School in1946, Mark studied Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Hospital for the Women of Baltimore and the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. He practiced Internal Medicine in Petersburg from 1952 until 1978. Mark studied the causes and treatment of chemical addiction and worked in the field in Atlanta, Georgia, Hampton Roads and Petersburg from 1978 until his death.
Mark was a devoted member, Sunday School teacher and Deacon in Dinwiddie Baptist Church, and he was active in The Gideonâ??s International. A dedicated participant in several Christian outreach ministries, he traveled regularly to area prisons to teach religion. An avid outdoorsman, he thoroughly enjoyed the people and activities of The Chippoax Gun Club, Nebletâ??s Mill Pond, and the fisherman and friends associated with Hatteras Village, North Carolina.
Mark is survived by his wife Amy Hawkins Holt, four children: Mark Edgar Holt, III and his wife Jean Temple Holt of Deltaville, John Buffett Holt and his wife Elaine Colby Holt of Hampton, David Powell Holt and his wife, Jami Ciucci Holt of Raleigh, N.C. and Sarah Holt Pierson and her husband Richard Corbin Pierson of Fredericksburg; seven grandchildren: Susan Holt Harrison and her husband, Nick, Mark Edgar Holt, IV, John Buffett Holt, Jr., David Powell Holt, Jr. and Jessie Stewart Holt, Hannah Buffett Trible and Waring â??Buckâ? Trible III, and his foster granddaughter from Bosnia Adnana Dubcak, her husband Peter Dubcak and children Hana and Alem Dubcak of Richmond; one great granddaughter: Hannah Kate Harrison of Richmond; stepchildren Charles Albert â??Buddyâ? Hawkins of Church Road, Earl Weston Hawkins of Mechanicsville and Judy Hawkins Cole of Chesterfield and their families, and his sister-in-law Ruth Mosley Thompson of Church Road.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday, October 18, at the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A memorial service will be conducted at 10:00 AM Friday, October 19 in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Heart Association, Dinwiddie Baptist Church, The Gideons International or to the charitable organization of your choice. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
He was born March 11, 1922 in Petersburg, Virginia, son of the late Miriam Bulifant and Mark Edgar Holt, Sr.
Mark graduated from Petersburg City Schools and was a member of The Virginia Military Institute Class of 1943. Upon graduation from The University of Virginia Medical School in1946, Mark studied Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Hospital for the Women of Baltimore and the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. He practiced Internal Medicine in Petersburg from 1952 until 1978. Mark studied the causes and treatment of chemical addiction and worked in the field in Atlanta, Georgia, Hampton Roads and Petersburg from 1978 until his death.
Mark was a devoted member, Sunday School teacher and Deacon in Dinwiddie Baptist Church, and he was active in The Gideonâ??s International. A dedicated participant in several Christian outreach ministries, he traveled regularly to area prisons to teach religion. An avid outdoorsman, he thoroughly enjoyed the people and activities of The Chippoax Gun Club, Nebletâ??s Mill Pond, and the fisherman and friends associated with Hatteras Village, North Carolina.
Mark is survived by his wife Amy Hawkins Holt, four children: Mark Edgar Holt, III and his wife Jean Temple Holt of Deltaville, John Buffett Holt and his wife Elaine Colby Holt of Hampton, David Powell Holt and his wife, Jami Ciucci Holt of Raleigh, N.C. and Sarah Holt Pierson and her husband Richard Corbin Pierson of Fredericksburg; seven grandchildren: Susan Holt Harrison and her husband, Nick, Mark Edgar Holt, IV, John Buffett Holt, Jr., David Powell Holt, Jr. and Jessie Stewart Holt, Hannah Buffett Trible and Waring â??Buckâ? Trible III, and his foster granddaughter from Bosnia Adnana Dubcak, her husband Peter Dubcak and children Hana and Alem Dubcak of Richmond; one great granddaughter: Hannah Kate Harrison of Richmond; stepchildren Charles Albert â??Buddyâ? Hawkins of Church Road, Earl Weston Hawkins of Mechanicsville and Judy Hawkins Cole of Chesterfield and their families, and his sister-in-law Ruth Mosley Thompson of Church Road.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday, October 18, at the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A memorial service will be conducted at 10:00 AM Friday, October 19 in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Heart Association, Dinwiddie Baptist Church, The Gideons International or to the charitable organization of your choice. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
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