Thomas Beaty Holt

Name: Thomas Beaty Holt
Alias: Trigger
Birth Name: Thomas Beaty Holt
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Birthplace: Westville, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1941-11-11 (Age:41)
Pro Boxer: Record

Thomas B "Trigger" HOLT Evergreen (Fayetteville) Cemetery Washington County, Arkansas January 1, 1900 - November 11, 1941

Obituaries

Northwest Arkansas Times, Tuesday, November 11, 1941

'Trigger' Holt Dies at Prairie Grove

T. B. (Trigger) Holt, 41, died it 3 o'clock this afternoon at Elizabeth hospital at Prairie Grove, where he had been a pneumonia patient for several days.

Holt, a former well known boxer, and friend of Former Heavey-weight Champion Jack Dempsey, is survived by a brother, Jack, and his wife, Bert Holt, both of Fayetteville.

Northwest Arkansas Times, Saturday, November 15, 1941

Holt Services to be Held Sunday at 2:30

Funeral services for Thomas B. {Trigger) Holt, local wine merchant and former bantamweight boxer will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Central Methodist church. The body will be taken from Nelson-Savage Funeral home to the church at 1 p.m. to lie in state until the funeral hour.

Rev. Paul D. Kennedy of Little Rock, former pastor of First Christian church, will be in charge. Miss Dora Deen will sing "God's Tomorrow," accompanied by Miss Mildred Gregg and the Bob Wills quartet will sing "God Be With You 'Till We Meet Again."

Pallbearers will be Hal Lane, Charles Sanders, Harley Gover, Johnnie Porter, Bob O'Conner of Coffeyville, Kansas; and Fred Allison, Bill Langley and Ernest Buffington, all of Westville, Okla.

Mr. Holt's sister, Mrs. Peggy Sielert of Los Angeles, and an aunt, Mrs. Powell King, also of Los Angeles, arrived early this morning.

Mr. Holt died Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia after a brief illness.