John
Elix
Holyfield
Born in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Emma Earsely (Holyfield) Marion, James Luther Holyfield, William J Holyfield, Mary Lou (Holyfield) Draughn, Charles Milton Holyfield, Lucy Day (Holyfield) Callahan, Martha Isabel (Holyfield) Comer, Edna Mae (Holyfield) Slaydon, Stella Fay (Holyfield) White, Blanche Dillard (Holyfield) Fowler and Connie Jennie (Hollyfield) Fowler
Husband of
Nancy Ella (Marion) Holyfield
— married
27 Dec 1911 (to 9 Apr 1938) in Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, United States
Husband of
Letha (Cave) Holyfield
— married
3 Sep 1938 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Father of
Thomas Wendell Holyfield
Died
at age 78
in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2011
This page has been accessed 294 times.
Biography
Obituary transcription edited by Tomaszewicz-6
John Holyfield of Dobson Succumbs At 78
Mount AIRY—John E. Holyfield, 78 of Dobson, retired landscape artist died yesterday at the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, where he had been a patient four days.
He was born in Surry County.
Survivors are his wife , Mrs. Leatha Cave Holyfield; one son, Thomas of Detroit, one daughter, Mrs. G. Warren of Philadelphia, PA.; 11 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Callahan, Mrs. Richard Slaydon, and Mrs. Abe White of Dobson, and Mrs. Henry Fowler of High Point.
Funeral will be at 2pm Thursday in Piney Grove Baptist Church by Rev. L. E. Myers. Rev. D. D. Hodges and Elder Coy Sykes. Burial will be in the church cemetery.[1]
Sources
- ↑ High Point Enterprise 30 May 1962 edition.
Census
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1Q-TV1 : accessed 19 August 2021), John Holyfield in household of John M Holyfield, Dobson Township Dobson town, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 28A, family 530, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,219.
Military Service
- "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDZ-X3K : 23 February 2021), John E Holyfield, 1917-1918.
Death
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGBQ-WQM : 10 February 2018), John E. Holyfield, 29 May 1962; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, 14581, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,344.
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Renae Rogers
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T2b4, FTDNA kit #B154150
-
~3.12%
Julia Humphreys :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A208537 [compare], Ancestry member juliaakers96
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured German connections: John is 18 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 23 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 21 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 21 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 21 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 23 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 23 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 15 degrees from Alexander Mack, 33 degrees from Carl Miele, 19 degrees from Nathan Rothschild and 21 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
H > Holyfield > John Elix Holyfield
Categories: Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Surry County, North Carolina