Lessie Holt

Lessie Lee (Speers) Holtrn01/30/1931-01/08/2009rnrnLessie Lee (Speers) Holt, age 77, passed away on Thursday, January 08, 2009, at her residence in Asher, Oklahoma.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Asher, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow at the Wanette Cemetery. Rev. Dewayne Johnson will officiate. Pallbearers are Troy Hale, Billy Fowler, Chad Fowler, Darrin Fowler, Butch Culp, Dennis Johnson, and Shane Coker. Honorary Pallbearers are Red Barnes, and Onus Jordan.rnrnLessie was born on January 30, 1931, to Lessie ?Dick? Speers and Ruth (Ward) Speers in Caney, Oklahoma. She married Ernest Bruce Holt on June 7, 1947, in Purcell, Oklahoma. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Asher, OK.rnrnShe is survived by her husband, Bruce Holt of the home; three sons, Ted Holt and wife, Evelyn of Ada, Oklahoma, Tracy Holt and wife, Brenda of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Bob Holt of Asher, Oklahoma; two daughters, Dixie Hunt and husband, Kelly of Ada, Oklahoma, and Shelly Everett of Shawnee, Oklahoma; one brother, Bill Speers and wife, Gwen of Del City, Oklahoma; four sisters, Kay Johnson and husband, Glen of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Naomi Culp and husband, Bob of New Castle, Oklahoma, Barbara Fowler and husband, Darl of Asher, Oklahoma, and Linda Coker and husband, Jack of Asher, Oklahoma; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Holt of Asher, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.rnrnShe was preceded in death by her parents, Dick and Ruth Speers; one son, Bruce Alan Holt; and one sister, Patricia Hale.rnrnAfter sixty years of dedicated commitment to her husband and many years of service to her family and friends, she went home to be with the Lord.rn Funeral Information: January 9, 2009, 11:00 AM