He was born on September 2, 1939, in Foreman, Arkansas to Lucille (Holt) Brown and Benjamin Harrison Chesshir and passed away on September 11, 2023, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. He was married to Iza {Barnett} on February 2, 1980, in Bossier City, Louisiana. He worked for several newspaper companies, in Ashdown, Arkansas, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Shreveport, Louisiana, Bossier City, Louisiana. He was also a graphic designer at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Survivors are wife, Iza {Barnett} Holt of the home; three daughters, Patricia {Holt} and Kenneth Smith of Sallisaw, OK, Cynthia {Holt} Rankins of Mulberry, AR and Donna {Holt} Moore of Frierson, Louisiana; 12 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Jenny Harsel of Atlanta, TX; and several other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his, parents; Lucille {Holt} Brown, Benjamin Harrison {Harry} Chesshir; four brothers, William Howard McDowell, Arthur Franklin McDowell, James Leon Brown, Jr. and Henry Earl McDowell; and one sister, Maylo Hamen.
He was born on September 2, 1939, in Foreman, Arkansas to Lucille (Holt) Brown and Benjamin Harrison Chesshir and passed away on September 11, 2023, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. He was married to Iza {Barnett} on February 2, 1980, in Bossier City, Louisiana. He worked for several newspaper companies, in Ashdown, Arkansas, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Shreveport, Louisiana, Bossier City, Louisiana. He was also a graphic designer at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Survivors are wife, Iza {Barnett} Holt of the home; three daughters, Patricia {Holt} and Kenneth Smith of Sallisaw, OK, Cynthia {Holt} Rankins of Mulberry, AR and Donna {Holt} Moore of Frierson, Louisiana; 12 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Jenny Harsel of Atlanta, TX; and several other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his, parents; Lucille {Holt} Brown, Benjamin Harrison {Harry} Chesshir; four brothers, William Howard McDowell, Arthur Franklin McDowell, James Leon Brown, Jr. and Henry Earl McDowell; and one sister, Maylo Hamen.
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