Jessie Hilda Holt Gardner, 91, of New Hill, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
The funeral service was held Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 11 a.m. at New Elam Christian Church with Rev. Ed Earp, Rev. Gary Moore, and Rev. Ray Gooch presiding. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Hilda was born in Chatham County on December 1, 1927 to the late James Chesley Holt and Jessie Seymour Holt. She was also preceded in death by her husband Earl Gardner, and brothers, James Chesley Holt, Jr. and Bobby Knox Holt.
Survivors include daughters, Sybil Lutterloh, Bonnie Kidd, Ethel Campbell, all of Pittsboro, and Marcie Lorbacher of New Hill; twelve grandchildren, 21 great- grandchildren; brothers, Worth Seymour Holt of Indiana, Marion Howard Holt of Maryland; and one sister, Sylvia Holt Butler of Pittsboro.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial contributions be made in her memory to New Elam Christian Church, 3290 Pea Ridge Road, New Hill, NC 27562 or Liberty Hospice, 1005 Carthage Street, Sanford, NC 27330.
Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals.com.