Donald Davis Holt (1929-2007)

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Veteran U.S. Navy in the Korean War

Biography

Donald Davis Holt, Sr. was born 19 February 1929 in St. George, Washington County, Utah to Henry Jesse Holt (1892-1967) and Lillis Burgess (1897-1985) and died 28 July 2007 St. George, Washington County, Utah of unspecified causes. He married Norma Lee (Living) 1959 in Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada.

At the age of 78, Donald Davis Holt of St. George, Utah passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, July 28, 2007 after an extended illness. He was born February 19, 1929 in St George, Utah to Henry Jesse and Lillis Burgess Holt. He married Norma Lee Crane on July 8, 1953 in Pioche, Nevada their marriage was later solemnized on November 15, 1975 in the Manti Temple. Don attended school in St. George, Utah and then served with the United States Navy from 1948 to 1953 in the Korean War.

Don started his family in Salina, Utah. He had several jobs, including grocery clerks, coal miner, and owner of a Sinclair gas station. For 16 years, he worked with the D&RGW Railroad, and raised pigs in his spare time. He spent the next 22 years carrying out the career of his life, farming crops and raising cattle. Don and Norma bought a mom-n pop drive-in, which they called Holt's Hunger Hut. He spent the last of his career with his sons in St George, sod farming and selling decorative landscape products. He held several positions in the LDS church and served the Lord in his own, quiet way, and raised his children to appreciate the same hard- working values that he was known for.

Siblings

Offspring of Henry Jesse Holt (1892-1967) and Lillis Burgess (1897-1985)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Lillis Leone Holt (1915-1999)
Ruth Parthenia Holt (1916-1964)
Baby Girl Holt (1918-1918)
Jay Burgess Holt (1919-1950)
Rita Holt (1921-2001)
Anne Holt (1923-2006)
Louis Henry Holt (1925-2003)
Clarence William Holt (1927-2018)
Donald Davis Holt (1929-2007)	19 February 1929 St. George, Washington County, Utah	28 July 2007 St. George, Washington County, Utah	Norma Lee (Living)
La Verna Jeanne Holt (1931-2011)
Alice Holt (1932-1932)
James Denzil Holt (1936-2019)