Jimmy Ray Holder, son of the late John Wilkie and Vera Melsena (McKinney) Holder, was born January 30, 1927, at Hollis, Oklahoma, and passed away February 8, 2017, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 90 years and 9 days.

Jim graduated high school in Wellington, Texas. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the Philippines. On December 21, 1947, he was united in marriage to Mary Nell Pyeatt at her parent's home in Custer County, Oklahoma. He used his GI bill to obtain his pharmacy degree in just three years and later was awarded his doctorate in pharmacy both from Southwestern Ok...