Mary Elizabeth "Myrt" Holder^[1]

1925 - 2011  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth "Myrt" Holder
  Born	23 Dec 1925
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Feb 2011	Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	7 Feb 2011	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I200779	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Oscar Edwin Holder,   b. 2 Jul 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jul 1926, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Sexton,   b. 2 Oct 1896,   d. 11 Nov 1966  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F76348	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Claude "W. C." "Dub" Vinson, Jr.,   b. 29 Jun 1926, Tennessee  (Age 98 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1944	First Baptist Church, Morristown, Tennessee
  Children	1. Mary Carwin Vinson,   b. 4 May 1947  (Age 77 years) + 2. William Claude "Bill" Vinson, III,   b. 14 Sep 1950  (Age 74 years) + 3. James Holder "Jim" Vinson,   b. 9 Nov 1955  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F76347	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 7 Feb 2011 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 275, 276. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 5 Feb 2011. VINSON, MARY ELIZABETH HOLDER - age 85 of Newport, passed away, on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. "Mert" was born the youngest of four children on December 23, 1925. She was a lifelong resident of Newport, with her beloved husband of 67 years, Dub Vinson. She was a devoted member of Southside Baptist Church where she taught children's Sunday School and Training Union for sixty years and directed Bible Drill. She worked for 23 years at Electro-Voice, was a director of the Red Cross, and spent her retirement years volunteering for Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice with her husband. In 2005, she received the Presidential Call to Service award from President Bush for completing 4,000+ hours of community service. Most importantly, she was assured of her eternal salvation due to claiming "Victory in Jesus". Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar Edwin and Mae Sexton Holder, beloved older brothers, Ed and Jim Holder and older sister, Thelma Kate Holder, and is survived by her loving husband, W.C. Vinson of Newport, children Carwin (and Eugene) Dunn of Kodak, Bill (and Dotty) Vinson of Knoxville, and Jim (and Lee Ann) Vinson of Knoxville, grandchildren Chandler Vinson of Rutledge, Eric Vinson of Knoxville, and Lauren Vinson Thorson of Phoenix, Arizona, and great grandson Weston Vinson of Knoxville. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Union Cemetery with Dr. Charlie Boggan and Rev. Chandler Vinson officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 10:30 - 11 a.m. at the cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jeff Stooksberry, Jamison Pack, Dan Hammond, Clint Hammond, Tim Williams, Dan Williams, Scottie Hartsell, and Jonathan Moyers. Honorary pallbearers are Hop Byrd, Wilbur Mathes, Keith Moyers, Matthew Hill, Don Meredith, Roy Cobble, M.E. Edwards, and Rusty Denton. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to Southside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 668, Newport, TN 37822 or to Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice, 222 Heritage Boulevard, Newport, TN 37821. Online condolences may be sent via Costner-Maloy Funeral Home at www.costnermaloyfuneralhome.com.