Holt transformed the Judicial Department into the Administrative Office of the Courts, providing education and other support services to all state and municipal courts. 1225. We have recently launched a new and improved website. Oops, something didn't work. Copyright 2023 Echovita Inc. All rights reserved. All Rights Reserved. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Jack Holt (Ozark, Arkansas), born in Paris, Arkansas, who passed away on October 31, 2021, at the age of 71, leaving to mourn family and friends. He said Holt's funeral would be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. Docket Number: 94-1361. After the end of World War II, he started a trial law practice with his brother Frank. Woods, James. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. He had to drop out of college and return home due to the Great Depression. He married Diane Kelley of Benton (Saline County), and they had two children. Jack was a loving husband, father, brother, son, and friend who never met a stranger. He also leaves his brother from another mother, Zeke Burns of Alma. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Donations made to the CALS Foundation are tax-deductible for United States federal income tax purposes. He returned from active duty as his uncle Frank was elected prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District. Copyright, Arkansas State Archives images collection, 1830s-current. He also served as the Pulaski County chair of both the American Red Cross and the March of Dimes. Just reset your password if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site. McMath won by 10,000 votes, but he later commented that, if the campaign had lasted two more weeks, Holt would have won. J. Frank Holt was a major figure in Arkansas legal and political circles in the 1950s and 1960s. Arkansas Supreme Court Justice J. Frank Holt, a 21-year UPI, October 30, 1983. In 1942, Holt entered the race for U.S. senator, a position vacated when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Senator John E. Miller to a federal judgeship for the Western District of Arkansas. Dean. Failed to report flower. if (document.context) document.write ("&context=" + escape(document.context)); | Jack Holt Jr. was born Samuel Wilson Holt on May 18, 1929, in Harrison (Boone County) to Jack Wilson Holt Sr. and Margaret Spikes Holt; he had a younger sister. if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&mmm_fo=1"); In the end, while Holt finished as runner-up in a crowded seven-man field, he lost the run-off to Johnson by 15,000 votes. 72201. 100 Rock Street Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968-2022) Category. How do we create a person's profile? President Harry Truman was . The first Attorney General of Arkansas was Robert W. Johnson. Jack was born on September 17, 1950 in Paris, AR.