Oliver "O.P." Holder's obituary , Passed away on December 17, 2025 in Graham, North Carolina

Oliver "O.P." Holder

October 9, 1936 - December 17, 2025 (89 years old)

Graham, North Carolina

Oliver "O.P." Holder's obituary , Passed away on December 17, 2025 in Graham, North Carolina

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Townson-Smith Funeral Home

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Oliver "O.P." Holder

October 9, 1936 - December 17, 2025 (89 years old)

Graham, North Carolina

Oliver Holder Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Oliver Holder in Graham, North Carolina, who passed away on December 17, 2025, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Oliver Holder to show support.

As we bid Oliver farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Oliver is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Buford Holder and Margie Jenkins Holder; his son Preston Holder; and his brother Jay Harold Holder. He is survived by: his wife Jimmie Dula Holder; his daughter Leigh Ann Wood; his son-in-law Clinton W. Wood IV (Chuck) of Hickory, NC.; his sister Dilois Sylvester; his niece Richelle Rocket of Asheville, NC.; and his nephew Robert Sylvester of Maiden.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Townson-Smith Funeral Home



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Robbinsville United Methodist Church
249 W Fort Hill Rd, Robbinsville, NC 28771

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Dec 20

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Robbinsville United Methodist Church
249 W Fort Hill Rd, Robbinsville, NC 28771

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