Barbara Holt

Mrs. Barbara Short Harris Holt, 85, of Dresden and formerly of South Fulton, passed away Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at the Jackson-Madison County Hospital in Jackson. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in the Obion County Memorial Gardens. Barbara was born on Feb. 21, 1938 in Winston County, Alabama to the late William Nelson Short and Georgie Irene Morgan Short. She was a member of the McConnell Baptist Church, was a retired seamstress, where she worked at several different clothing production companies and was also a master gardener. Barbara is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Hayden Holt; a son, Timothy Smith of Martin; two step daughters, Phyllis Lee and Susie Moss of South Fulton; two grandchildren, Christopher Smith and Matthew Schingle; and her siblings, Emmett Earl Short of Georgia, Katie Sue Robertson of Paragould, Arkansas, Robert Wayne Short of Blytheville, Arkansas and Linda Fay Knicker of Pocahontas, Arkansas. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Joe Thomas Harris; a son, Jimmy Smith; a daughter, Brenda Schingle; a step-daughter, Karen Harris Poole; siblings, Will Arthur Short, Mary Lee Hinto, Maxine Hartson, Cora Lee Young, Carl Edward Short, L.V. Short, G.W. Short, Peggy Ann Dickinson and Lucille Bone; a grandson, Alexander Schingle; and two step-grandsons, Michael Lee and Craig Moss. Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com