Modie Holt

HOLT, Mrs. Modie - Age 90, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Heartland Georgian Bloomfield in Bloomfield, MI. Family hour 10:30AM Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at True Light Missionary Baptist Church, 6917 M.L. King Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11AM. Rev. Robert Rushing officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Tuesday. Mrs. Holt will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., from 12Noon-8PM Monday. Mrs. Modie Holt was born January 5, 1917 in Luxora, Arkansas, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James and Mary (Riggs) Dudley. She came to Flint, Michigan at an early age and attended Fairview and Roosevelt Elementary, Lowell Jr. High and Northern High School. Modie married Jimmie Rankin and later in life she was widowed from her current husband Rev. James P. Holt. Mrs. Holt worked for Goodwill Industries, Odyssey House and Sylvester Broome Center, retiring in October 2005. She was a member of True Light Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother's Board. Mrs. Holt had no children of her own, but mothered many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Modie "Aunt Modie" Holt leaves to cherish her legacy: sister-in-law, Dorothy Dudley; 11 nieces and 10 nephews, including special nieces, Mary Dudley, Pearl Roriex, Rowana Talley, Reba (Larry) Boyce, Sandra (Richard) Ferguson; 46 great-nieces and great-nephews; 68 great-great-nieces and nephews; 32 great-great-great-nieces and nephews; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Patricia (William) Sampson, Mrs. Odessia Lane, neighbors, the Johnson family and Jeanie LaFlore. Mrs. Holt was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. James P. Holt; parents, Rev. and Mrs. James and Mary Dudley; all of her 6 siblings, James, Jr., William, Lucille, Lillie, Ruben and Emma. The family would like to express special thanks to Avalon Hospice and volunteers, Shannon and Marianna Langley, Judy Hamilton, Mary Barker, Pastor Robert Rushing and True Light Missionary Baptist Church family.

Modie Holt

January 5, 1917 - August 15, 2007