Myrtle Roddenberry Holt

Myrtle Roddenberry Holt – passed away peacefully at her residence with her loving husband of 69 years at her side. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sherri Holt Glenn of Verbena, AL; her parents, Zunie Strickland and Tilden S. Roddenberry; brothers, Gene, David and Philip Roddenberry; and sisters, Gladys Borger and Ruby Cruce. She is survived by her husband, Louis H. Holt, Mobile, AL; two sons, L. Stan Holt (Conna), Birmingham, AL, and Terry L. Holt (Florencia), Mobile, AL; grandsons, Tim L. Holt, Athens, GA, T.L. Holt II (Mary Gene), Knoxville, TN, John Wesley and Larson Tilden Holt, Mobile, AL; granddaughters, Shannon Glenn Collins (Shawn), Verbena, AL, Stacey Holt, Charlotte, NC, Cindy Harley, Calera, AL, Nicole Holt and Michaela Holt, Mobile, AL; great-grandchildren, Sydney Collins, Taylor and Annabella Harley, Silas and Susannah Holt. While she was passionate about many things including her family, she most wanted everyone to know her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As a dutiful and faithful member of Kingswood United Methodist Church, she made a point of welcoming everyone she met. After she met and married her husband at the Charleston Navy Yard during WWII, she spent most of her adult life in Birmingham raising her family. She spent her last working years and then retirement years in her hometown of Winter Beach, FL before moving to Mobile in 1994. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Kingswood United Methodist Church in her memory. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at Kingswood United Methodist Church, 5200 Perin Rd., Mobile, AL 36693. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. in the Sanctuary prior to services.