Mrs. Annie Lois Holt

ANNIE LOIS FINLEY MCCOY HOLT WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1932 IN LAUDERDALE, MISSISSIPPI TO GEORGE (PEG) AND CORINE FINLEY. SHE WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR CHILDREN. (HER BROTHER GEORGE AND SISTER RU MELL PRECEDED HER IN DEATH) ANNIE LOIS ATTENDED WESCHLER SCHOOL (WHICH IS NOW LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS A DESIGNATED MISSISSIPPI LANDMARK) SHE ALSO ATTENDED MERIDIAN BAPTIST SEMINARY BEFORE MIGRATING TO CHICAGO IN 1954. WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER DIPLOMA AT LANE TECH THROUGH THEIR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM ANNIE LOIS HOMETOWN SWEETHEART BENNIE MCCOY FOLLOWED HER TO CHICAGO AND IT WAS THERE THEY WERE MARRIED, AND THOUGH BENNIE WOULD RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI ANN LOIS WOULD REMAIN UNTIL HER RETURN HOME 35 YEARS LATER) FOR CHICAGO WOULD BE THE CITY WHERE SHE WOULD REMARRY AFTER MEETING HER NEW LOVE JOHN HOLT, THIS UNION WOULD CONTINIUE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN MARCH OF 2017. SHE RETIRED FROM SEARS AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND ALSO AS THE FAMILY SEARS & ROEBUCK MATRIACH. BABIES WOULD NOW BE BORN IN OUR FAMILY WITHOUT THE THRILL OF BRAND NEW CLOTHES FROM SEARS ROEBUCK. ANNIE LOIS ACCEPTED CHRIST AND BAPTIZED AT AN EARLY AGE AT OAK GROVE METHODIST CHURCH IN MS. IN CHICAGO SHE WOULD JOIN NORTH SIDE BAPTIST AND LATER JOIN SWEET KINGDOM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR PETE DIXON. AFTER RETURNING TO MERIDIAN SHE JOINED ST. LUKE MBC UNDER PASTOR L.C. THEDFORE WHERE SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY IN WHATEVER CAPACITY NEEDED BUT HER TRUE PASSION WAS SERVING AS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE WOULD LATER BECOME A MEMBER OF NEW LIFE INDEPENDENT MBC UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PASTOR PAUL C.CLAYTON ANNIE'S LOVE OF LIFE WAS FULFILLED THROUGH HER THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND AN OCCASIONAL FIGHT FOR SHE WAS FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF HER BABY SISTER) SHE SHARED THIS ZEST AND ZEAL FOR KNOWLEGE WITH ANYONE INTERESTED BUT ESPECIALLY WITH HER HANDPICKED PROTEGE "HER NEICE LOIS." ANNIE HOLT DEPARTED THIS EARTHLY LIFE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER CHILDREN MARIE AND ANGEL (CHICAGO) 3 GRANDCHILDREN, TENA (ATLANTA) PHYNIECE (CHICAGO) PRINCETON (DECEASED) 3 GREAT GRAND: MICHAEL, KHAMEISA, and MALIQUA 3GR/GREAT GRAND: TYLER AUBREY MICHELLE, PRINCE A SISTER MARY ELIZABETH OF CHICAGO. 6 NEICES AND 4 NEPHEWS A HOST OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE TOO MANY TO NAME BUT NOT TOO MANY TO BE REMEMBERED AND THE MANY FRIENDS &ACQUAINTANCES MET AND LOVED TROUGHOUT HER LIFE.

Mrs. Annie Lois Holt

September 11, 1932 - September 20, 2017