Judson ""J.W."" Holder's Obituary
Rudder Funeral Home
P. O. Box 525
45015 Alabama Highway 277
Stevenson, Alabama 35772
256-437-2971
J.W. Holder
April 12, 1921 ~ May 25, 2009
Stevenson, Alabama
Judson Willie "J.W." Holder, 88 of Stevenson, AL died May 25, 2009 at Cumberland Health and Rehabilitation in Bridgeport, AL. He was a WWII Army Veteran and worked his own land as a farmer. Mr Holder was a founding member of Hollywood Masonic Lodge and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School.
Mr. Holder was preceded in death by his wife Mary Allie "Peggy" Brown Holder; parents John Fred and Katie Bell Barber Holder; brothers Fred Emmitt, Barber, Wallace, Charles and John Cleveland; sisters Lina Lovelady and Annie Bell Holder; son-in-law Ed Snyder.
He is survived by his children Frances Snyder of Stevenson, AL and John Will Holder of Warrior, AL; grandchildren: Stephanie Rogers of Bryant, AL, Katie Chisenall of Stevenson, AL, Joshua Wade Holder and Preston Chance Holder both of Birmingham, AL; 12 great-grandchildren; sister Elizabeth Dicus and brother Robert Holder both of Scottsboro, AL.
Visitation will be Tuesday, 5-9 PM CDT at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson, AL. The funeral will be Wednesday, May 27, at 2 PM CDT at the funeral home chapel officiated by Dr. Steve Screws. Interment will be at Pinehaven Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, AL.
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