I this this and another one together and they never made it to the list. They must have been to big for the list so I have broken them into two emails. If the other does not appear I will break in into two parts. It is a rather long obit. Mary Ann Graham Gaasmann wrote saying that she had recently purchased an old Graham book on e-bay and there were clippings inside about the Holt family, she very generously sent them to me to post on my site and to you. There are no dates on the paper and the name of the paper is not available... This is the second of five... The other three are about Sterling R. Holt. Mary Ellis Prominent Man Dead Mr. W. I. Holt Passed Away In Burlington Yesterday. Friends here will deeply sympathize with Mr. E. C. Holt, president of the Delgado Cotton Mills, in the death of his brother, Mr. William I. Holt, secretary and treasurer of the Lake Side Cotton Mills, Burlington, NC. which occurred yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock at his home in Burlington after several months of failing health. Mr. E.C. Holt left this morning to attend the funeral. Mr. William Holt, who was about 45 years of age, was one of Burlington's leading citizens. He was the son of the late Col. James Holt, of Burlington, and grandson of the late Edwin C. Holt, who was one of the pioneer cotton mill men in North Carolina. Surviving Mr. Holt, besides his brother here, are Messrs. Robert and James Holt, of Burlington; Ernest and Sam Holt, of Waco, Texas, and Mrs. W. G. Green, of Charleston, SC. There are also several distant relatives in Wilmington, all of whom have the tender sympathy of their friends.