Elmer Holst

Mr. Elmer Holst, LLD, 82, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Holst was born October 12, 1928, in Yamhill County, Oregon, to Gustav Aldolph and Maria Rahman Holst. He was a retired attorney with Holst and Hartshorn after practicing law for 49 years and was a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. He received his undergraduate degree at Linfield College in Oregon and his doctorate of law degree from American University in Washington, DC. He served our country in the United States Army and was a member of Pilot Mountain Masonic Lodge 493 AF and AM and recently received a 60 year Masonic membership pin. Surviving are his wife, Juanita Helen McCraw Holst of the home; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Wendell and Imogene Holst of Hopkinsville, KY, Melvin and Joan Holst of Portland, OR, and Dorothy Holst of McMinnville, Or. In addition to his parents, Mr. Holst was preceded in death by sisters, June Ranes and Elda Senn; and brothers, Raymond Holst and Herbert Holst. The funeral service will be held Saturday, May 21, 2011, at 11:00 AM at White Plains Friends Meeting, with the Rev. Jake Penley officiating. Burial will follow in the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, with military honors by the VFW Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10:00 until 11:00 AM at the church. Memorials may be made to the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 955, Dobson, NC 27017; White Plains Friends Meeting, 849 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, NC 27030; or Heritage Presbyterian Church, 8502 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA 22308.