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Wayne Anthony Holder

Birth	:	14 May 1925 McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA
Death	:	26 Mar 2021 McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA
Burial	:	Woodman Cemetery, McCrory, Woodruff County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.2221985, -91.1832962
Description	:	Wayne Holder lifelong resident of McCrory, Arkansas departed this life on Friday, March 26, 2021 from his residence at the age of 95. Wayne was born on May 14, 1925 in McCrory to William Edward and Agnes Ridgeway Holder. Wayne graduated from McCrory High School as Valedictorian in 1943. He married the former Gerry Stafford on May 13, 1949 and to this union five children were born. They were together for 68 years before her death on April 28, 2017. He was a member of the McCrory United Methodist Church for 68 years where he taught Sunday school, served... Read More	Wayne Holder lifelong resident of McCrory, Arkansas departed this life on Friday, March 26, 2021 from his residence at the age of 95. Wayne was born on May 14, 1925 in McCrory to William Edward and Agnes Ridgeway Holder. Wayne graduated from McCrory High School as Valedictorian in 1943. He married the former Gerry Stafford on May 13, 1949 and to this union five children were born. They were together for 68 years before her death on April 28, 2017. He was a member of the McCrory United Methodist Church for 68 years where he taught Sunday school, served on all the committees and sang loudly and beautifully from the first pew of the church. Wayne served on the McCrory School Board during the early 70's. He farmed in the agriculture field for 57 years with some of this being family land and some rented land. At one time, he had six landlords for one farm. In 1976, The Wayne Holder family had been selected as the 1976 Farm Family of the year for Woodruff County farming soybeans, cotton and wheat in the McCrory area. At the time, the family provided most of the labor on the farm with all the family pitching in when work needed to be done. After retiring from farming at the age of 75, he went into woodworking. He made desks and tables, beds and shelves, gun cabinets and jewelry boxes. Every child and grandchild and some lucky great-grandchildren have the beautiful items still today that was made by their Dad or Pa. He loved Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, singing with the music. He kept his yard mowed and gravel road graded and was still doing his mowing with his own tractor. Wayne and Gerry had five children, Debra Fields and husband Barney of Tilton, Arkansas, Shelley Lee and husband Roy of Little Rock, Arkansas, Tony Holder and wife Stephanie of Searcy, Arkansas, Wendell Holder and wife Michelle of McCrory, Arkansas, and Kevin Ridgeway Holder, nine grandchildren, Kara Fields Belue and husband Stan, Michelle Lee DerGazarian and husband Aaron, Julie Fields Moran and husband Kevin, Jason Lee and wife Jeanne, Brittney Wolverton, Byron Holder, Brandon Hodges, Kristin Holder Ging and husband Brian, and Schree Holder Brogdon, twenty great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild. Wayne is preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Agnes Holder, two brothers, Sonny Holder and Bob Holder, one sister, Sis Holder Backus, one son, Kevin Ridgeway Holder, one granddaughter, Schree Holder Brogdon, one great-granddaughter, Lily Brogdon, one great-grandson, Liam Wolverton and his wife of 68 years, Gerry Stafford Holder. Memorials may be made to the McCrory United Methodist Church P.O. Box 361 McCrory, Arkansas 72101. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Tony Holder, Wendell Holder, Byron Holder, Billy Joe Kyle, Jason Lee, Bryce Holder and Brayden Holder. Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Lee, Barney Fields, Stan Belue, Aaron DerGazarian, Kevin Moran and Brian Ging. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30th at the Thompson-Wilson McCrory Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glen Hicks, officiating. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, May 30th beginning at 1 p.m. until service time.

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Where is Wayne Anthony Holder's memorial?
Wayne Anthony Holder's memorial is located at: Woodman Cemetery, McCrory, Woodruff County, USA.
When did Wayne Anthony Holder death?
Wayne Anthony Holder death on 26 Mar 2021 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Wayne Anthony Holder's memorial?
Latitude: 35.2221985
Longitude: -91.1832962

Family Members:

Parent

William Edward “Ed” Holder

(1896 - 1980)

Agnes V Ridgeway Holder

(1896 - 1985)

Spouse

Gerry Stafford Holder

(1930 - 2017)

Siblings

William Edward Holder

(1917 - 2001)

Lula Luvenia Holder Backus

(1919 - 1992)

Flowers:

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Coordinate: 35.2799988, -91.2039032

15. Thomas Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.2832985, -91.2052994

16. Morton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.2588997, -91.1061020

17. Walker Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1652985, -91.2585983

18. Vaughan York Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1353800, -91.1782900

19. Barbee Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1328011, -91.1761017

20. Whitehall Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1405983, -91.1327972

21. Crutcher Cemetery
Woodruff County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1828003, -91.2953033

22. Pumpkin Bend Cemetery
McCrory, Woodruff County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2969017, -91.1006012

23. Jelks Cemetery
Woodruff County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2916985, -91.2778015

24. Union Cemetery
Union, Woodruff County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2997017, -91.2696991