JAMES HOLDEN, BORN DECEMBER 15, 1937 IN NATICHITOCHES, LA, TO ROOSEVELT AND FANNIE HOLDEN; PASSED AWAY OF NATURAL CAUSES, AT HIS HOME IN MINNEAPOLIS, ON JUNE 18, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 87.

PROCEDING HIM IN DEATH WAS HIS FATHER; ROOSEVELT, HIS MOTHER; FANNIE, BROTHERS; ELBERT, JOSEPH, JAY B., AND SISTER VERA.

IN LIFE, JAMES WAS KNOWN FOR HIS, QUIETNESS, PATIENCE, HIS HUMOR AND HIS PROPENSITY TO SHARE. JAMES WAS A HARD WORKING ENTREPRENEUR, WHOSE HOBBIES INCLUDED: HELPING OTHERS, SMALL ENGINES, COLLECTING ANTIQUES, DECIPHERING CROSSWORD PUZZLES; AS WELL AS SHOE AND WATCH REPAIR. 

JAMES MARRIED GEORGIA SCOTT ON JUNE 27, 1972 AND WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND. JAMES IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING GEORGIA, THEIR CHILDREN: FELISHA, ROGER (BRIDGET), JAMES JR. (MAKEBA), ANTONIO (NIKI), HEIDI (MILLARD), AND HIS SISTER: GLADYS. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A NUMBER OF GRAND-CHILDREN, GREAT- GRAND CHILDREN, NEPHEWS, NIECES AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.

A SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 1:00 PM ON JULY 5, 2025, AT THE CREMATION SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA – WATERSTON CHAPEL, LOCATED AT 4343 NICOLLET AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55409. VISITATION WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE.

COMMITTAL WILL FOLLOW AT OAK HILL CEMETERY.