A memorial service for Lester C. Holt Jr., of Ruth, is noonSaturday, Nov. 15, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel.

Visitation is Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon at the funeralhome.

Mr. Holt, 57, died Nov. 11, 2008, at his residence. He was bornin Attala County on Jan. 23, 1951, to Lester C. Holt Sr. and SybilCook Holt.

He retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg onJan. 3, 2008, after 31 years of service. He was a member of NewHope Baptist Church in Monticello. He was an avid sportsman and amember of the Panola Hunting Club.

Preceding him in death were his mother; and hisgrandparents.

Survivors are his father, Lester C. Holt Sr. and his stepmother,Polly O’Keefe Holt, of Ridgeland; a son, Christopher Aaron Holt, ofVicksburg; a daughter, Brandi Renee Chalk and husband, Brad, ofByram; a sister, Sherri H. Kyzar and husband, Glenn, of Ruth; hisnephews, Justin H. Kyzar, of Ruth, and Jason G. Kyzar and wife,Jessica; and a great-niece, Kaitlyn, of Brookhaven; and his belovedcanines, Rob, Rowdy and Roxie.

Memorials may be made to Community Hospice of America, 140 NorthFifth Street, McComb MS 39648; the American Cancer Society; and theNew Hope Baptist Church building fund.