Deacon Anna Wells Holston, daughter of Henry and Sarah Brown Wells, was born in Nile, N. Y., September 2, 1875, and died in Battle Creek, Mich., February 16, 1950. Mrs. Holston, widow of the late Rev. Edward M. Holston, loved and served the Lord from early childhood. She spent her elementary and high school years in Dodge Center, Minn., attended Milton College in 1897, returning to Dodge Center as a schoolteacher. Later, she entered nurses' training in Battle Creek, Mich., being graduated in 1911. She practiced as a nurse at the Mayo Brother' Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in California, and later served as a community nurse in Dodge Center. She married Rev. Edward M. Holston on May 26, 1927, while he served as pastor there, and they moved to McAllen, Tex. In 1932, they came to Battle Creek, upon acceptance of the pastoral call to the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Mr. Holston was called to rest on August 3, 1947, and Mrs. Holston continued as a nurse in the Battle Creek Sanitarium until the time of her extended illness last fall. She had always been active in the Lord's work, whether in Dodge Center, Edinburg, or Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Churches. She was elected as a deaconess of the Battle Creek Church on April 3, 1948, and served very capably during the remaining months of her earthly life. The funeral service was held in the Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sabbath afternoon, February 18, with interment at Walworth, Wis., the following day. Pastor Alton L. Wheeler conducted both of the services. [A. L. W. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 148, No 13, p 228, Mar. 1950. transcribed by Jon Saunders, contributor 47674050]
Deacon Anna Wells Holston, daughter of Henry and Sarah Brown Wells, was born in Nile, N. Y., September 2, 1875, and died in Battle Creek, Mich., February 16, 1950. Mrs. Holston, widow of the late Rev. Edward M. Holston, loved and served the Lord from early childhood. She spent her elementary and high school years in Dodge Center, Minn., attended Milton College in 1897, returning to Dodge Center as a schoolteacher. Later, she entered nurses' training in Battle Creek, Mich., being graduated in 1911. She practiced as a nurse at the Mayo Brother' Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in California, and later served as a community nurse in Dodge Center. She married Rev. Edward M. Holston on May 26, 1927, while he served as pastor there, and they moved to McAllen, Tex. In 1932, they came to Battle Creek, upon acceptance of the pastoral call to the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Mr. Holston was called to rest on August 3, 1947, and Mrs. Holston continued as a nurse in the Battle Creek Sanitarium until the time of her extended illness last fall. She had always been active in the Lord's work, whether in Dodge Center, Edinburg, or Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Churches. She was elected as a deaconess of the Battle Creek Church on April 3, 1948, and served very capably during the remaining months of her earthly life. The funeral service was held in the Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sabbath afternoon, February 18, with interment at Walworth, Wis., the following day. Pastor Alton L. Wheeler conducted both of the services. [A. L. W. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 148, No 13, p 228, Mar. 1950. transcribed by Jon Saunders, contributor 47674050]
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