John Broadus Holt, 1956

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July 18 1956

The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, July 18, 1956

Maj. John Holt, Chess Champion, Dies at 75
Sarasota, July 18 (AP). Maj. John Broadus Holt, Florida's “Mr. Chess,” died yesterday after a long illness. He was 75.
Major Holt, who served in World War I, was a former national amateur chess champion. He organized the Southern Chess Association in 1920 and served as its first president. He was past secretary and life director of the U. S. Chess Federation, secretary of the Florida Chess League and director of the Correspondence Chess League of America.
He leaves his widow, Lillie May; a son, Maj. J. B. Holt Jr. of the Army Engineers, and three daughters, Miss Helen Holt of Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. Clarence Chachere of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. James H. Whatley of Vicksburg, Miss.

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