Ivor – Jeffrey David Holt, 33, passed away July 31, 2017 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Jeffrey was born January 25, 1984 at RAF Lakenheath England. He was a 2003 graduate of Southampton Academy and a graduate of Tidewater Regional Fire Academy Class 116. Jeffrey was a firefighter medic for the city of Hampton and more recently with the Newport News Shipyard. He was a volunteer for Courtland, Ivor and Franklin Fire Departments prior to becoming a career firefighter. He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a member of the Ivor Hunt Club. Jeffrey had an infectious smile and a great sense of humor and was an excellent father and husband.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife Kay Holt, a daughter Peyton Belle Holt, a son Jacob David "Jake" Holt, his parents Vince and Connie Holt, a sister April (Kevin) Boyce, a brother Michael Holt, nieces and nephews, Olivia and Dakota Holt and Jackson and Sawyer Boyce, maternal grandmother Margaret DeLoatch Gayle, paternal grandmother Doris Blythe Holt, father and mother-in-law, Jeffrey and Terry Pulley, sister-in-law Alison Pulley and a host of friends and fellow firefighters.

Jeffrey was predeceased by his maternal grandfather David Mahlon DeLoatch and paternal grandfather Fenton Bryant Holt.

A funeral will be held at 2PM Sunday August 6, 2017 in the Franklin Baptist Church with Dr. Charles Qualls and Rev. Steve Gibson officiating. Burial with Fireman Honors will be in the Pulley Family Cemetery on Doles Rd. in Ivor. The family will receive friends at the residence and suggests that memorial donations be made to your local fire department. www.wrightfuneralhome.org